

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.

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