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
James Earl Jones
Richard Pryor
Rico Dawson
Sam Brison
Jophery C. Brown
Leon Wagner
Tony Burton
John McCurry
Stan Shaw
DeWayne Jessie
Ted Ross
Mabel King
Sam Laws
Alvin Childress
Ken Foree
Carl Gordon
Ahna Capri
Joel Fluellen
Sarina C. Grant
Jester Hairston
Emmett Ashford
Theodore Lehmann
Fred Covington
Greg Oliver
John McKee
Brooks Clift
Morgan Roberts
Marcia McBroom
Lidia Kristen
Steve Anderson
Dero Austin