The Five Heartbeats
- Released on
Drama, Music
•- Runtime
- 121 mins
(65 votes)
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.
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
- Chuck Patterson
- Hawthorne James
- Roy Fegan
- Troy Byer
- Carla Brothers
- Deborah Lacey
- Theresa Randle
- John Witherspoon
- Bobby McGee
- O.L. Duke
- Kasi Lemmons
- Eugene Robert Glazer
- Timmie Rogers
- Tommy Redmond Hicks
- Donnie Simpson
- Norma Donaldson
- Roger Rose
- James Anderson
Director
- Robert Townsend
Producers
- Robert Townsend
- Loretha C. Jones
