Overview
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.
DirectorJohn Badham
ProducersRob Cohen, Michael Chinich
ScreenplayHal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
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LanguageEnglish
Production companiesUniversal Pictures, Motown Productions, Pan Arts Enterprises
TaglineThey put the ball in baseball.
