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 1930's.
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Title: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
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Cast
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| Billy Dee Williams | ... |
Bingo Long (P)
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| James Earl Jones | ... |
Leon Carter, All-Star (C)
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| Richard Pryor | ... |
Charlie Snow, All-Star (RF)
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Rico Dawson | ... |
Willie Lee Shively, All-Star (RF)
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Sam 'Birmingham' Brison | ... |
Louis Keystone - All-Star - SS
(as 'Birmingham' Sam Brison)
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| Jophery C. Brown | ... |
Emory 'Champ' Chambers, All-Star (3B)
(as Jophery Brown)
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Leon Wagner | ... |
Fat Sam Popper, All-Star (1B)
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| Tony Burton | ... |
Issac, All-Star (CF)(C)
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John McCurry | ... |
Walter Murchman, All-Star (LF)
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| Stan Shaw | ... |
Esquire Joe Callaway, All-Star (CF)
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| Otis Day | ... |
Rainbow, All-Star (bat boy)
(as DeWayne Jessie)
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| Ted Ross | ... |
Sallison 'Sallie' Potter, Owner of Ebony Aces
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| Mabel King | ... |
Bertha Dewitt, Owner of Charcoal Kings
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Sam Laws | ... |
Henry Dunbar, Owner of Baltimore Elite Giants
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Alvin Childress | ... |
Horace Quigley, Owner of Atlanta Black Crackers
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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 1930's.
Plot Keywords:
1930s | baseball movie | african american | negro league baseball | baseball |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 November 1976 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Esquire Joe Callaway, All-Star: No, suh. I does it all the time.
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Written by Berry Gordy and Ronald Miller
Performed by Thelma Houston
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The total number of words in the picture's longish title The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) is eight but its nine if one doesn't hyphenate the phrase "All-Stars". See more »Goofs
When Leon breaks through the lid of the casket, you can see that is made of Styrofoam, and clearly not of wood or metal. See more »Quotes
Leon Carter, All-Star: [after Esquire Joe bowls him over with a slide at the plate] Say, boy - does you do this constantly?Esquire Joe Callaway, All-Star: No, suh. I does it all the time.
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Crazy Credits
The movie begins with an older version of the Universal Studios logo, as part of the opening news reel. See more »Connections
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The Bingo Long Song (Steal On Home)Written by Berry Gordy and Ronald Miller
Performed by Thelma Houston
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The hilarious Richard Pryor doesn't generate very many laughs in this very slow story about a group of black baseball players who have defected from their own national league and go around challenging white baseball teams (the setting is 1939). Released around the same time as another baseball comedy, "The Bad News Bears" but nowhere near as good as that one.