The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings 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. Tired of being treated like a slave by team owner Sallison Potter , charismatic star pitcher Bingo Long steals a bunch of... Negro League players away from their teams, including catcher/slugger Leon Carter and Charlie Snow , a player forever scheming to break into the segregated Major League Baseball of the 1930s by masquerading as first a Cuban , then a Native American . 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 Callaway , is so good that they recruit him.
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| Release date: | November 17, 1976 |
| Directed by: | John Badham |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 110 Minutes |
| Producer: | Berry Gordy, Rob Cohen |
| Music by: | William Goldstein |
| Cinematography: | Bill Butler |
| Screenplay by: | Hal Barwood, William Brashler |
| Genre: | Comedy |