Fresh
Rowdy, good-natured comedy melodrama.
Pauline Kael, New Yorker
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
They put the ball in baseball.
1976 · 1h 51m · PG
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
John Badham
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is a friendly, no-account movie full of intermittent high spirits.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
Fresh
A slick and reasonably funny comedy.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Excellent performances, but the best thing about it is the sharp, sceptically witty script by Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones are superb.
Variety Staff, Variety
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