They put the ball in baseball.
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.
Made in US
6/10
1976
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Cast
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
Ben Jones
As Plantation Foreman (uncredited)
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