The Five Heartbeats
1991 · R · 2h 1m · Directed by Robert Townsend
Drama, Music
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Synopsis
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.
Trailer
The Five Heartbeats - Official Movie Trailer · YouTube
Cast
Robert TownsendDuck
Michael WrightEddie
LeonJ.T.
Harry LennixDresser
Tico WellsChoirboy
Diahann CarrollEleanor Potter
Harold NicholasSarge
John Canada TerrellMichael 'Flash' Turner- Chuck PattersonJimmy Potter
Hawthorne JamesBig Red- Roy FeganBird
Troy ByerBaby Doll
Carla BrothersTanya Sawyer
Deborah LaceyRose
Theresa RandleBrenda
John WitherspoonWild Rudy
Bobby McGeeLeon
O.L. DukeMonroe
Kasi LemmonsCookie
Eugene Robert GlazerDavid Green
Details
- Release date
- March 29, 1991
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Languages
- English