Racquet

19791979
RR
1h 27m

Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.

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Director
- David Winters
Writers
- Steve Michaels(screenplay)
- Earle Doud(screenplay)
- Alan Roberts(story)
Stars

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Bert Convy and Bobby Riggs in Racquet (1979)

Björn Borg, Bert Convy, and David Winters in Racquet (1979)

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Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.

tennis independent film

Taglines
- Whack It!
Genres
- Comedy
- Sport
Certificate
- R
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The movie was tested when it first played in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, where it went up against another debuting sports movie, The Champ (1979). Reportedly, it beat that movie there at the box-office during its opening frame.

Goofs
When Tommy Everett and Monica Gordon drive from Malibu to the tennis tournament in Big Sur they would have to drive north along the Pacific Coast Highway to get there. However the film footage shows them driving on the ocean side of the road -which is the southbound direction headed away from Big Sur.

Quotes
Tommy: Oh yeah, I almost forgot, who am I next Saturday?
Leslie: Your Evel Knievel.
Tommy: And who are you gonna be?
Leslie: The Grand Canyon.
Tommy: [after shutting the door] You can say that again.

Soundtracks
Tennis Is the Name of the Game
Music by Michel Rubini
Lyrics by Guy Finley and Joan Conrad
Vocal Performed by Guy Finley

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Great accident!!!!

My older brother and I talked our father into taking us to see this movie when we were very young. At the time, I was 8 yrs old and my brother was 14. We had no idea that they were showing a double feature that day. The first movie was one we had never even heard of before - Cheech and Chong's Up InSmoke. We laughed so hard I thought we were going to die. What a gem we stumbled onto. Then, Racquet started and I think we made it through about 45 minutes before leaving. The only memorable scene for me was one of two people having sex in a small hatch-back type of car and of the man's naked butt smashing up against the back (rear) window. Oh, and I think there was something about tennis to the movie. That's about the best I can do. So you see, if it wasn't for this horrible film, I never would have seen Up In Smoke on the big screen.

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