The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)

6.0/10 111 min Comedy

Overview

Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter and Charlie Snow, who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by black teams, Long's outfit play minor league white teams, earning more attention as entertainers than as players. However, their success wins them a chance to play again in the Negro League, this time as equals.

Cast

Billy Dee Williams

Bingo

James Earl Jones

Leon

Richard Pryor

Charlie Snow

Jophery C. Brown

Champ

Tony Burton

Issac

John McCurry

Murch

Stan Shaw

Esquire Joe

DeWayne Jessie

Rainbow

Ted Ross

Sallie

Mabel King

Bertha

Alvin Childress

Horace

Ken Foree

Honey

Ahna Capri

The Prostitute

Joel Fluellen

Mr. Holland

Sarina C. Grant

Pearline

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