
111 minutes
7/16/1976
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.

Billy Dee Williams
as Bingo

James Earl Jones
as Leon

Richard Pryor
as Charlie Snow
Rico Dawson
as Willie Lee
Sam Brison
as Louis

Jophery C. Brown
as Champ
Leon Wagner
as Fat Sam

Tony Burton
as Issac

John McCurry
as Murch

Stan Shaw
as Esquire Joe

DeWayne Jessie
as Rainbow

Ted Ross
as Sallie

Mabel King
as Bertha
Sam Laws
as Henry

Alvin Childress
as Horace

Ken Foree
as Honey
Carl Gordon
as Mack

Ahna Capri
as The Prostitute

Joel Fluellen
as Mr. Holland

Sarina C. Grant
as Pearline
Jester Hairston
as Furry Taylor
Emmett Ashford
as Umpire
Theodore Lehmann
as Lars Bostrum
Fred Covington
as Auctioneer
Greg Oliver
as Sheriff

John McKee
as White Stranger
Brooks Clift
as Older Gentleman
Morgan Roberts
as Kiosk Man

Marcia McBroom
as Violet
Lidia Kristen
as Nurse
Steve Anderson
as One-Arm Ballplayer
Dero Austin
as Midget Catcher