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: 6.075/10 (from 20 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