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  1. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

    The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

    PG1977 · Comedy · 1h 50m

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    Critics consensus Assembling an all-star team and letting them have infectious fun, Bingo Long throws a grand party in the dugout while giving a generation of ballplayers their overdue shine. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

  1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-bingo-longbingo movie review & film summary (1976) | Roger Ebert

    "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings" works so hard to be entertaining - is so determined to be funny and colorful and poignant and nostalgic all at once - that it almost succeeds in outrunning itself. It begins with a wonderful premise - a team of stars from the Negro National Baseball League walks out on their tight-fisted owners and set up shop for themselves. But then it's ...

  2. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › the_bingo_longThe Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings | Rotten ...

    Apr 11, 2024 Full Review Richard Dyer Boston Globe The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings is a terrific summer movie, full of fun. It's almost like going to a baseball game, only it's ...

    • (20)
    • John Badham
    • PG
    • Billy Dee Williams

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Bingo_Long_TravelingThe Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings - Wikipedia

    Box office. $33 million. 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.

  5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0074207The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) - IMDb

    This spry baseball comedy, inspired by some actual history, is great fun, especially when seen as a vehicle for its talented stars. Billy Dee Williams plays Bingo Long (based on the real-life Satchel Paige), a charismatic pitcher for the Negro League in 1939, who gets VERY tired of having to deal with sleazy team owners such as Sallie Potter (Ted Ross).

  6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0074207The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) - IMDb

    Jul 13, 1977 · The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings: Directed by John Badham. With Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson. 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 touring the towns of the Midwest.

    • (2.2K)
    • Comedy, Sport
    • John Badham
    • 1977-07-13

  7. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › the_bingo_longThe Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings Reviews

    Full Review | Apr 11, 2024. Richard Dyer Boston Globe. TOP CRITIC. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings is a terrific summer movie, full of fun. It's almost like going to a baseball ...

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  9. www.commonsensemedia.org › movie-reviews › the-bingoThe Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings Movie Review

    Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) puts together a motley team of ballplayers, including Leon (James Earl Jones), the best hitter in the Negro National League. The team called the All-Stars, breaks from the league, undertaking a high-spirited tour of rural America. When the Negro National League shuts them out, they challenge white teams and rely ...