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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

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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 Jones) and Charlie Snow (Richard Pryor), 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.
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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.

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Desmond Ryan Philadelphia Inquirer I cannot attest to the accuracy of this highly original film, but it looks and feels right, and life with [ballplayers like Josh] Gibson, Satchell Paige, Cool Poppa Bell and Judy Johnson must have been like this. 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 air conditioned -- the fans talk back to the screen, cheer the heroes, advise them, boo the bad guys. Apr 11, 2024 Full Review Joe Pollack St. Louis Post-Dispatch A sparkling, brisk, very entertaining motion picture that deals with the adventures and misadventures of the league and a rebellious team. Apr 11, 2024 Full Review George Anderson Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Bingo Long is the sort of movie that sends you out feeling happy about the world. Apr 11, 2024 Full Review Anthony Bannon Buffalo News [Bingo Long is] a fine movie which gives an important recreation of our country's past in a spirit full of hope and good cheer. When's the last time you heard a ring of applause at the end of a movie? Apr 11, 2024 Full Review R.H. Gardner Baltimore Sun It is an ebullient, free-wheeling story, filled with high good humor, parades, vaudeville turns, fabulous feats both on and off the diamond -- all backed by a lilting jazz score. Apr 11, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Raymond A Simply a Three-Run Homer in the bottom of the Ninth to win the game. The juxtaposition with Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige was brilliant, and it was great see Daddy Wags in it. Giants should've never traded him. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/27/24 Full Review John A An all--star kind of trio runs amok in this frenetic baseball tale of rebellion. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/24 Full Review Steve D Doesn't have the guts to show enough of reality but it is entertaining and sometimes hard hitting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/16/23 Full Review Audience Member The best sports movie ever made! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member A wonderful forgotten movie about an equally forgotten part of our past. Its funny, exciting, tender at times, and sad. A great cast, too. I loved it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Decent flick, didn't realise it was that old Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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John Badham

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Billy Dee Williams

Bingo Long

James Earl Jones

Leon Carter

Richard Pryor

Charlie Snow

Rico Dawson

Willie Lee Shively

Sam "Birmingham" Brison

Louis Keystone
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Synopsis 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 Jones) and Charlie Snow (Richard Pryor), 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.
Director
John Badham
Producer
Rob Cohen
Screenwriter
Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 25, 2010
Runtime
1h 50m
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