Desc: The Legend of Billie Jean King: Battle of the Sexes: Directed by James Erskine, Zara Hayes. With Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs. This film uses archive footage to tell what happened in 1973 when Billie Jean King played against self-confessed male chauvinist Bobby Riggs within a match that was less so about tennis than it was about a battle of the sexes.