Release Date: 1976-07-16
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.9 / 10
Billy Dee Williams
as Bingo
James Earl Jones
as Leon
Richard Pryor
as Charlie Snow
Rico Dawson
as Willie Lee
Sam Brison
as Louis
Hal Barwood - Screenplay
John Badham - Director
Rob Cohen - Producer
Matthew Robbins - Screenplay
Berry Gordy - Executive Producer
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