Genre: Comedy
Reviewed in Issue 22 of Widescreen Review
Stars: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor.
| Studio/Distributor | MCA/Universal Home Video |
| Catalog Number | 42931 |
| MPAA Rating | PG |
| Retail Price | $34.98 |
| Running Time | 111 |
| Color Type | Color With Black & White Sequences |
| Chaptered/Scene Access | Yes |
| Closed Captioned | Yes |
| Theatrical Release | 1976 |
| LD Release Date | 9/9/96 |
| THX Digitally Mastered | No |
| Director | John Badham |
| Screenplay/Written By | Subscribers only |
| Story | Subscribers only |
| Music | Subscribers only |
| Production Designer | Subscribers only |
| Editor | Subscribers only |
| Executive Producers | Subscribers only |
| Co-Producers | Subscribers only |
| Producers | Subscribers only |
| Stars | Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor. |
| Principal Photography | Subscribers only |
| Theatrical Aspect Ratio | Subscribers only |
| Measured LD Aspect Ratio | Subscribers only |
| Soundtrack | Mono Sound |
| Theatrical Sound | Subscribers only |
| Remastered Dolby Digital | Subscribers only |
| Remastered DTS | Subscribers only |
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“The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings” blends comedy with baseball skills during the days of “color barriers” in the major leagues. From William Brashler’s novel of the same name, it is a celebration of the amazing athletes of the 1930s, a decade before Jackie Robinson crossed the “color line.” Bingo Long (Williams), Leon Carter (Jones) and Charlie Snow (Pryor) are all star players who break away from their bosses in the Negro National League. Forming their own razzle-dazzle team, they take on local teams of all sizes and colors across the Depression-era Midwest. Mixed with fact, fiction and bright humor, it is a wonderfully entertaining story about baseball, American dreams, prejudice and pain.
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