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The Five Heartbeats(1991)

  • March 29, 1991
  • 2 h 1 min
  • R
  • Drama, Music
7.3TMDB · 75 votes
7.5IMDb
39%Rotten Tomatoes

Directed by: Robert Townsend

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.

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Cast

  • Robert Townsend

    Robert Townsend

    Duck

  • Michael Wright

    Michael Wright

    Eddie

  • Leon

    Leon

    J.T.

  • Harry Lennix

    Harry Lennix

    Dresser

  • Tico Wells

    Tico Wells

    Choirboy

  • Diahann Carroll

    Diahann Carroll

    Eleanor Potter

  • Harold Nicholas

    Harold Nicholas

    Sarge

  • John Canada Terrell

    John Canada Terrell

    Michael 'Flash' Turner

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    Chuck Patterson

    Jimmy Potter

  • Hawthorne James

    Hawthorne James

    Big Red

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