The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

Name: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1976-07-16
Duration: 6660 min
Rating: 5.9

5.9 1976 1h 51m United States of America

Comedy

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.

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They put the ball in baseball. 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.

Details

Directors

John Badham

Writers

Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, William Brashler

Cast

Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson, Sam Brison, Jophery C. Brown, Leon Wagner, Tony Burton, John McCurry, Stan Shaw, DeWayne Jessie, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Sam Laws, Alvin Childress

Production

Universal Pictures, Motown Productions, Pan Arts Enterprises

Languages

English

Countries

United States of America