The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
"They put the ball in baseball."
Title: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Original Title: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Release Date: 1976-07-16
Status: Released
Rating: 5.929/10 (from 21 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Motown Productions, Pan Arts Enterprises
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
Rico Dawson
Willie Lee
Sam Brison
Louis
Jophery C. Brown
Champ
Leon Wagner
Fat Sam
Tony Burton
Issac
John McCurry
Murch
Stan Shaw
Esquire Joe
