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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
Directed by John Badham
“They put the ball in baseball.”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 51m
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
Jophery C. Brown
Tony Burton
John McCurry
Stan Shaw
DeWayne Jessie
Ted Ross
Crew
- Director
- John Badham
- Screenplay
- Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
- Novel
- William Brashler
- Director of Photography
- Wilmer Butler
- Original Music Composer
- William Goldstein
- Editor
- David Rawlins
- Producer
- Rob Cohen, Michael Chinich
Details
- Release date
- 1976-07-16
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Motown Productions, Pan Arts Enterprises
- Budget
- $9,000,000
- Box office
- $33,000,000