The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)

07/16/1976 1h 51m

They put the ball in baseball.

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Overview

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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Cast Ages at Release

Billy Dee Williams

as Bingo

Born 04/06/1937, age

James Earl Jones

as Leon

Born 01/17/1931, age

Richard Pryor

as Charlie Snow

Born 12/01/1940

Died 12/10/2005, age

John McCurry

as Murch

Born 10/18/1928

Died 03/05/1989, age

Stan Shaw

as Esquire Joe

Born 07/14/1952, age

Ted Ross

as Sallie

Born 06/30/1934

Died 09/03/2002, age

Mabel King

as Bertha

Born 12/25/1932

Died 11/09/1999, age

Ken Foree

as Honey

Born 02/29/1948, age

Marcia McBroom

as Violet

Born 08/06/1947, age