Movie
Battle of the Sexes
Overview
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-09-22
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, Decibel Films, Cloud Eight Films, Ingenious Media
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Emma Stone as Billie Jean King
- Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs
- Andrea Riseborough as Marilyn Barnett
- Sarah Silverman as Gladys Heldman
- Bill Pullman as Jack Kramer
- Elisabeth Shue as Priscilla Riggs
- Alan Cumming as Ted Tinling
- Austin Stowell as Larry King
- Eric Christian Olsen as Lornie Kuhle
- Natalie Morales as Rosie Casals
- Lewis Pullman as Larry Riggs
- Jessica McNamee as Margaret Court
Crew
- Valerie Faris - Director
- Jonathan Dayton - Director
- Simon Beaufoy - Writer
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