The Battle of the Sexes

1h 23m
Documentary
6.2

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.

Cast

Billie Jean King
Self
Chris Evert
Self
Bobby Riggs
Self (archive footage)
Serena Williams
Self
Maria Sharapova
Self
Bella Abzug
Self (archive footage)

Crew

James Erskine
Director, Writer, Producer
Zara Hayes
Director
Adam Recht
Editor
Joel Devlin
Director of Photography
Billie Jean King
Executive Producer
Robert Jolliffe
Executive Producer
Victoria Gregory
Producer
Toby Stevens
Production Design
Christopher Nicholas Bangs
Music

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