All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional team. Billy struggles with important life decisions and their consequences.
Thomas Gomez
as Coach Abe Saperstein
Dorothy Dandridge
as Ann Carpenter
Bill Walker
as Prof. Turner
Angela Clarke
as Sylvia Saperstein
Peter M. Thompson
as Martin
Billy Brown
as Billy Townsend (Globetrotter)
Roscoe Cumberland
as Roscoe - Globetrotter
William 'Pop' Gates
as 'Pop' Gates - Globetrotter
Marques Haynes
as Marques - Globetrotter
Louis 'Babe' Pressley
as 'Babe' Pressley - Globetrotter
Ermer Robinson
as Elmer Robinson - Globetrotter
Ted Strong
as Ted Strong - Globetrotter