The Battle of the Sexes

Jun 26, 2013

1h 23m

★ 6.3

Overview

Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

New Black Films

Goldcrest Capital

Media Squared Films

The Battle of the Sexes Trailers

Cast

Self

Billie Jean King

Self

Chris Evert

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Riggs

Self

Serena Williams

Self

Maria Sharapova

Self (archive footage)

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