The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
- Released on
- Runtime
- 111 mins
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.
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
- 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
- Ken Foree
- Carl Gordon
- Ahna Capri
- Joel Fluellen
- Sarina C. Grant
- Jester Hairston
- Emmett Ashford
- Theodore Lehmann
- Fred Covington
- Greg Oliver
- John McKee
- Brooks Clift
- Morgan Roberts
- Marcia McBroom
- Lidia Kristen
- Steve Anderson
- Dero Austin
Director
- John Badham
Producers
- Michael Chinich
- Rob Cohen
Screenwriter
- Hal Barwood
- Matthew Robbins
