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Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
24 audience votes
Key crew
- Hal BarwoodScreenplay
- John BadhamDirector
- Matthew RobbinsScreenplay
- William GoldsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Billy Dee WilliamsBingo
- James Earl JonesLeon
- Richard PryorCharlie Snow
- Rico DawsonWillie Lee
- Sam BrisonLouis
- Jophery C. BrownChamp
- Leon WagnerFat Sam
- Tony BurtonIssac
- John McCurryMurch
- Stan ShawEsquire Joe
- DeWayne JessieRainbow
- Ted RossSallie