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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is a american film of genre Comedy directed by John Badham released in USA on 16 july 1976 with Billy Dee Williams
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 16 july 1976
Length 1h50
Directed by John Badham
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Transport films, Baseball films, Musical films, Road movies
Rating67%
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) is a comedic sports film about a team of enterprising ex-Negro League baseball players in the era of racial segregation. Loosely based upon William Brashler's novel of the same name, it starred Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor. Directed by John Badham, the movie was produced by Berry Gordy for Motown Productions and Rob Cohen for Universal Pictures, and released by Universal on July 16, 1976.
Synopsis
Tired of being treated like a slave by team owner Sallison Potter (Ted Ross), charismatic star pitcher Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) steals a bunch of Negro League players away from their teams, including catcher/slugger Leon Carter (James Earl Jones) and Charlie Snow (Richard Pryor), a player forever scheming to break into the segregated Major League Baseball of the 1930s by masquerading as first a Cuban ("Carlos Nevada"), then a Native American ("Chief Takahoma"). They take to the road, barnstorming through small Midwestern towns, playing the local teams to make ends meet. One of the opposing players, 'Esquire' Joe Calloway (Stan Shaw), is so good that they recruit him.Actors
Billy Dee Williams
(Bingo)
James Earl Jones
(Leon)
Stan Shaw
(Esquire Joe)
Tony Burton
(Issac)
Richard Pryor
(Charlie Snow)
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