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 Cuban ("Carlos Nevada"), then a Native American ("Chief Takahoma"). They ta... (Full plot summary below)
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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 Cuban ("Carlos Nevada"), then a Native American ("Chief Takahoma"). 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 Calloway (Stan Shaw), is so good that they recruit him. Bingo's team becomes so outlandishly entertaining and successful, it begins to cut into the attendance of the established Negro League teams. Finally, Bingo's nemesis Potter is forced to propose a winner-take-all game: if Bingo's team can beat a bunch of all-stars, it can join the league, but if it loses, the players will return to their old teams. Potter has two of his goons kidnap Leon prior to the game as insurance, but he escapes and is key to his side's victory. As it turns out, there is a major league scout in the audience. After the game, he offers Esquire Joe the chance to break the color barrier; with Bingo's blessing, he accepts. Leon glumly foresees the decline of the Negro League as more players follow Esquire Joe's lead, but Bingo, ever the optimist, cheers him up by describing the wild promotional stunts he intends to stage to bring in the paying customers.
Leave your thoughts about The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBingo Long is fun, it's pleasant to watch, but it cakewalks too much on its way to the box office. |
| Film ThreatBrad LaidmanThis isn't a great film by any means, but its heart is in the right place. |
| User ReviewJonathan SBilly Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, and James Earl Jones are all in top form. A great movie all around. |
| User ReviewJoseph KBilly Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor in 1976 about baseball players in the Negro League 1939 directed by John Badham. Excellently made period piece that blends all hardships and joy that these players went through. You cannot believe the ensemble of actors in this movie - just awesome. All these guys became legends of cinema. |
| User ReviewJud GLoved this movie. I wonder why it never plays on TV. Come to think of it, none of the Motown movies do. |
| User ReviewAndrew BIt's about as much fun as the title leads on. |
| User ReviewPatrick MTres sympathique, a defaut d'etre passionnant, le premier film de JOHN BADHAM est une comedie sportive pas franchement originale mais drole et chaleureuse. Le duo BILLY DEE WILLIAMS - JAMES EARL JONES est excellent et porte le film. Le film se permet meme de passer du cote dramatique dans ses dernieres minutes et ce, de maniere tres efficace. |
| User ReviewHarlan HAn interesting little baseball flick that could have had more success if it had been made probably 10 years later. But the cast was funny and the story was entertaining. |
| User ReviewLee MIf you've seen Major League and The Bad News Bears at least five times apiece, this is a relatively forgotten little comedy that is definitely worth a look. |
| User ReviewJay SFun, and an interesting bit of fictionalized history. |
