Comedy Drama
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.
Directed by
John Badham
James Earl Jones
Leon
Billy Dee Williams
Bingo
Stan Shaw
Esquire Joe
Ken Foree
Honey
Richard Pryor
Charlie Snow
Tony Burton
Issac
John McKee
White Stranger
Ahna Capri
The Prostitute
Mabel King
Bertha
Eddie Smith
Ted Ross
Sallie
Joel Fluellen
Mr. Holland
DeWayne Jessie
Rainbow
Sarina C. Grant
Pearline
Ben Jones
Plantation Foreman (uncredited)
Sam Laws
Henry
Alvin Childress
Horace
Jester Hairston
Furry Taylor
Marcia McBroom
Violet
John McCurry
Murch
Rico Dawson
Willie Lee
Sam Brison
Louis
Leon Wagner
Fat Sam
Carl Gordon
Mack
Emmett Ashford
Umpire
Theodore Lehmann
Lars Bostrum
Fred Covington
Auctioneer
Greg Oliver
Sheriff
Brooks Clift
Older Gentleman
Morgan Roberts
Kiosk Man
Lidia Kristen
Nurse
Steve Anderson
One-Arm Ballplayer
Dero Austin
Midget Catcher

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