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"The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings" works so hard to be entertaining - is so determined to be funny and colorful and poignant and nostalgic all at once - that it almost succeeds in outrunning itself. It begins with a wonderful premise - a team of stars from the Negro National Baseball League walks out on their tight-fisted owners and set up shop for themselves.

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings. In the world of 1930s Negro League baseball, a spirited team of renegade players travels around the Midwest looking for that one big score.

Ever since its original 1976 release, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings has been warmly regarded but not wildly heralded. Seen years later, it remains a wonderful tale with effortless acting by a top-notch ensemble, but its not a "big finisher" that stays with you for very long.

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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (294) IMDb 6.9 1h 51min 1976 PG Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones star in this winning story about a team of renegade players looking to score big during the heyday of baseballs Negro League.

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) Trivia. Showing all 13 items. Steven Spielberg was initially very interested in directing, but the success of Jaws (1975) meant he was able to get any project of his own off the ground, and decided instead to make Close Encounters of …

Tired of being treated like a slave by team owner Sallison Potter (Ted Ross), charismatic star pitcher Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) steals a bunch of Negro League players away from their teams, including catcher/slugger Leon Carter (James Earl Jones) and Charlie Snow (Richard Pryor), a player forever scheming to break into the segregated Major League Baseball of the 1930s by masquerading as first a …

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings. Released1976. DistributorUniversal. Unique and memorable, this period recreation of the last days of what was then called baseball’s Negro League is an unsung classic with a terrific cast.

Directed by John Badham. With Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson. Tired of the slave-like treatment of his teams owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through …