The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
They put the ball in baseball.
110 min
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.
- Release date
- July 16, 1976
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- William Goldstein
- Budget
- $9,000,000
- Box office
- $33,000,000
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Billy Dee Williams as Bingo Long (P)
- James Earl Jones as Leon Carter, All-Star (C)
- Richard Pryor as Charlie Snow, All-Star (RF)
- Jophery C. Brown as Emory 'Champ' Chambers, All-Star (3B)
- Tony Burton as Issac, All-Star (CF)(C)
- John McCurry as Walter Murchman, All-Star (LF)
- Stan Shaw as Esquire Joe Callaway, All-Star (CF)
- Otis Day as Rainbow
- Ted Ross as Sallie
- Mabel King as Bertha
- Sam Laws as Henry
- Alvin Childress as Horace
- Ken Foree as Honey
- Carl Gordon as Mack
- Ahna Capri as The Prostitute
- Joel Fluellen as Mr. Holland
- Sarina C. Grant as Pearline
- Jester Hairston as Furry Taylor
- Theodore Lehmann as Lars Bostrum
- John McKee as White Stranger
- Brooks Clift as Older Gentleman
- Morgan Roberts as Kiosk Man
- Marcia McBroom as Violet
- Rico Dawson as Willie Lee Shively, All-Star (RF)
- Sam 'Birmingham' Brison as Louis Keystone - All-Star - SS
- Leon Wagner as Fat Sam Popper, All-Star (1B)
Crew
- John Badham · Director
- William Brashler · Writer
- Hal Barwood · Writer
- Matthew Robbins · Writer
- Rob Cohen · Producer
- William Goldstein · Composer
- Bill Butler · Cinematographer
- David Rawlins · Editor
- Don Phillips · Casting director
- Lawrence G. Paull · Production designer