Watch Full Movie :Battle of the Sexes (2017)

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  1. Writers: Simon Beaufoy

  2. Release date: 29 Sep 2017

  3. Countries: United Kingdom, United States

  4. Languages: English

  5. Runtime: 121 min

  6.   7.0

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Storyline:  Battle of the Sexes (2017) The film dramatizes the events leading up to the September 1973 match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, and their personal lives.In 1970, King and Gladys Heldman confront Jack Kramer, who has organized a tennis tournament where the top prize for women is one-eighth of the men’s prize, despite equal ticket sales. King and Heldman threaten to start their own tour but Kramer won't alter the terms, citing the inferiority of women’s tennis. When Billie Jean, Julie Heldman, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Judy Dalton, Kristy Pigeon, Peaches Bartkowicz, Kerry Melville Reid, Nancy Richey, and Rosie Casals sign on as the “Original 9” players of what becomes the Virginia Slims Circuit, Kramer bans them from tournaments organized by the US Lawn Tennis Association.While the women's tour struggles during its early days, Billie Jean begins an affair with Marilyn Barnett, her hairdresser, threatening her marriage to Larry King. Meanwhile, Riggs’ marriage to the wealthy Priscilla (Whelan) Riggs is in trouble because of his addiction to gambling. Thrown out of his house when he can’t conceal a Rolls Royce he won in a tennis bet, he hits upon the idea of a challenge match against the top woman player, boasting that even at age 55 he can beat any woman....

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