The Five Heartbeats (1991)

7.3/10 • 121 min • Drama Music

Overview

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.

Cast

Robert Townsend

Michael Wright

Leon

Harry Lennix

Tico Wells

Diahann Carroll

Harold Nicholas

John Canada Terrell

Michael 'Flash' Turner

Hawthorne James

Troy Byer

Carla Brothers

Deborah Lacey

Theresa Randle

John Witherspoon

Bobby McGee

O.L. Duke

Kasi Lemmons

Eugene Robert Glazer

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