The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

5.9 / 10

(21 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

111 minutes

Year:

1976

Director:

John Badham

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Company:

Universal Pictures,

Motown Productions,

Pan Arts Enterprises

Cast:
Billy Dee Williams

Bingo

James Earl Jones

Leon

Richard Pryor

Charlie Snow

Rico Dawson

Willie Lee

Sam Brison

Louis

Crew:
Hal Barwood

Screenplay

Matthew Robbins

Screenplay

Michael Chinich

Producer

Rob Cohen

Producer

Berry Gordy

Executive Producer