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.
Cast
Billy Dee Williams
Bingo
James Earl Jones
Leon
Richard Pryor
Charlie Snow
Rico Dawson
Willie Lee
Sam Brison
Louis
Jophery C. Brown
Champ
Leon Wagner
Fat Sam
Tony Burton
Issac
John McCurry
Murch
Stan Shaw
Esquire Joe
DeWayne Jessie
Rainbow
Ted Ross
Sallie
Mabel King
Bertha
Sam Laws
Henry
Alvin Childress
Horace
Ken Foree
Honey
Carl Gordon
Mack
Ahna Capri
The Prostitute
Joel Fluellen
Mr. Holland
Sarina C. Grant
Pearline
Jester Hairston
Furry Taylor
Emmett Ashford
Umpire
Theodore Lehmann
Lars Bostrum
Fred Covington
Auctioneer
Greg Oliver
Sheriff
John McKee
White Stranger
Brooks Clift
Older Gentleman
Morgan Roberts
Kiosk Man
Marcia McBroom
Violet
Lidia Kristen
Nurse
Steve Anderson
One-Arm Ballplayer
Dero Austin
Midget Catcher
Crew
John Badham
Director
Hal Barwood
Screenplay
Matthew Robbins
Screenplay
William Brashler
Novel
David Rawlins
Editor
Bill Butler
Director of Photography
Tom Joyner
First Assistant Director
L. Andrew Stone
Second Assistant Director
Richard Alexander Wells
Second Assistant Director
Berry Gordy
Executive Producer
Michael Chinich
Producer, Associate Producer, Casting
Rob Cohen
Producer
Janet Hubbard
Associate Producer
Bennett Tramer
Associate Producer
Lawrence G. Paull
Production Design
Don Phillips
Casting
Bernard Johnson
Wardrobe Designer
Annie D. DeMille
Hairstylist
Toy Van Lierop
Makeup Artist
James Troutman
Sound Editor
Willie D. Burton
Sound
Robert L. Hoyt
Sound
William Goldstein
Original Music Composer
Robert Mayer
Music Editor
Leonard A. Mazzola
Set Decoration
Cynnie Troup
Script Supervisor
Jophery C. Brown
Stunt Coordinator
Wally Worsley
Unit Production Manager
Michael Hamilton
Title Designer
N. Lee Lacy
Title Designer
