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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is a 1976 American sports comedy film about a team of enterprising ex-Negro league baseball players in the era of racial segregation. Loosely based upon William Brashler 's 1973 novel of the same name, it starred Billy Dee Williams , James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor .
Jul 13, 1977 · A comedy sport film about a Negro League baseball team that rebels against their owner and tours the Midwest in the 1930s. Starring Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor and Stan Shaw, directed by John Badham.
- (2.3K)
- Comedy, Sport
- John Badham
- 1977-07-13
A comedy film based on a novel about a team of black baseball players who rebel against the segregation and form their own league. Roger Ebert praises the performances and the nostalgia, but criticizes the direction and the lack of depth.
Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter (James Earl...
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- John Badham
- PG
- Billy Dee Williams
Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams, and James Earl Jones star as three barnstorming ballplayers who take on prejudice and their own League's unfair rules while stealing cars, food and home base - anything to prove that they're the best team around.
- John Badham
- PG
- 30
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings. Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones star in this winning story about a team of renegade players looking to score big during the heyday of baseball's Negro League. 905 IMDb 6.8 1 h 50 min 1977. PG. Comedy · Sports · Inspiring · Outlandish. Watch with a free Prime trial.
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In the late 1930s during racial segregation, a star of the Negro League Baseball, Bingo Long, leaves his team and convinces other stars of the league to join him as free agent players...
