Summary
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is an American film comedy first released in 1976,
directed by John Badham.
The film is based on a novel by William Brashler and stars Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor and Rico Dawson.
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Credits
- Director: John Badham
- Script: Hal Barwood, William Brashler (novel), Matthew Robbins
- Photo: Bill Butler
- Music: William Goldstein
- Cast: Billy Dee Williams (Bingo Long (P)), James Earl Jones (Leon Carter, All-Star (C)), Richard Pryor (Charlie Snow), Rico Dawson (Willie Lee Shively, All-Star (RF)), Sam ’Birmingham’ Brison (Louis Keystone, All-Star (SS)), Jophery C. Brown (Emory ’Champ’ Chambers, All-Star (3B)), DeWayne Jessie (Rainbow, All-Star (bat boy)), Leon Wagner (Fat Sam Popper, All-Star (1B)), Tony Burton (Issac, All-Star (CF)(C)), John McCurry (Walter Murchman, All-Star (LF)), Stan Shaw (Esquire Joe Callaway, All-Star (CF)), Ted Ross (Sallison ’Sallie’ Potter, Owner of Ebony Aces), Mabel King (Bertha Dewitt, Owner of Charcoal Kings), Sam Laws (Henry Dunbar, Owner of Baltimore Elite Giants), Alvin Childress (Horace Quigley, Owner of Atlanta Black Crackers), Ken Foree (Honey, Potter’s Goon), Carl Gordon (Mack, Potter’s Goon), Ahna Capri (Prostitute at Red Fether Bar in Lafferty Minn.), Joel Fluellen (Mr. J.C. Holland, Storkeeper), Jester Hairston (Furry Taylor, Has-been player selling souveniers), Emmett Ashford (Umpire), Fred Covington (Mr. Corliss, Auctioneer), Greg Oliver (Lafferty Sheriff Gleason), John McKee (White Stranger), Brooks Clift (Older Gentleman), Morgan Roberts (Kiosk Man), Marcia McBroom (Violet, Whore), Lidia Kristen (Nurse in Lafferty), Steve Anderson (One-Armed All-Star), Dero Austin (All-Star Midget Cather), Don Chambers, Sarina C. Grant (Pearline, Leon’s Prostitute), Theodore Lehmann (Lars Bostrum, Hotel Owner in Lafferty)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 110 min
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