Made for ABC , airing April 16th in the US.
Filmed in California.
Based on truths.
The story : In 1972 , Feminism and woman's liberation was becoming a rising star.
That is especially true in the world of Women's Professional Tennis.
Not only was Billie Jean King a great woman tennis player , she was also for equal pay for woman.
When male professional tennis player Bobby Riggs gets word of this he decides he will try his luck at playing the ladies and paying them off.
Billie wants no part in this but when another professional player Margaret Court plays against him and loses it for the woman Billie decides to step up her game.
Stars Holly Hunter , Elizabeth Berridge , Matt Letscher , Jacqueline McKenzie , Trevor Goddard , Ron Silver , Bob Gunton , Kali Rocha , Maureen Mueller , Gerry Becker , Vincent Van Patten
Directed by (& story written) Jane Anderson
Rated G
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