The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

110 mins | Comedy | July 16, 1976

Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930s.

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

110 mins | Comedy | July 16, 1976

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930s.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Universal Pictures, Motown Productions
Original title The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Directors John Badham
Writers William Brashier, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins

Cast

Billy Dee Williams

as Bingo Long

James Earl Jones

as Leon Carter

Richard Pryor

as Charlie Snow

DeWayne Jessie

as Rainbow

Jophery C. Brown

as Emory "Champ" Chambers

Tony Burton

as Issac

Stan Shaw

as Esquire Joe Callaway

Ted Ross

as Sallison "Sallie" Potter

Mabel King

as Bertha Dewitt

Sam Laws

as Henry Dubar

Ken Foree

as Honey

Carl Gordon

as Mack

Ahna Capri

as The Prostitute

Jester Hairston

as Furry Taylor

Marcia McBroom

as Violet

Leon Wagner

as Fat Sam Popper, All-Star (18)

John McCurry

as Walter Murchman, All-Star (LF)

Alvin Childress

as Horace Quigley, Owner of Atlanta Black Crackers

Joel Fluellen

as Mr. Holland

Sarina C. Grant

as Pearline