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.
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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
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