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The Five Heartbeats

1991 · R · 2h 1m

Directed by Robert Townsend

7.3

TMDB audience score
77 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Robert Townsend
    Duck

  • Michael Wright
    Eddie

  • Leon
    J.T.

  • Harry Lennix
    Dresser

  • Tico Wells
    Choirboy

  • Diahann Carroll
    Eleanor Potter

  • Harold Nicholas
    Sarge

  • Hawthorne James
    Big Red

  • Roy Fegan
    Bird

  • Troy Byer
    Baby Doll

  • Carla Brothers
    Tanya Sawyer

  • Deborah Lacey
    Rose

  • Theresa Randle
    Brenda

  • John Witherspoon
    Wild Rudy

  • Bobby McGee
    Leon

  • O.L. Duke
    Monroe

  • Kasi Lemmons
    Cookie

  • Eugene Robert Glazer
    David Green