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The Five Heartbeats
1991, Mar 29
2h 1m
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.
Directed by
Robert Townsend
Written by
Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans
John Canada Terrell
Michael 'Flash' Turner
Keenen Ivory Wayans
John Witherspoon
Wild Rudy
Deborah Lacey
Rose
Phyllis Applegate
Myra Stone
Paul Benjamin
Mr. King
O.L. Duke
Monroe
Harry Lennix
Dresser
Michael Wright
Eddie
Leon
J.T.
Hawthorne James
Big Red
Theresa Randle
Brenda
Robert Townsend
Duck
Tico Wells
Choirboy
Diahann Carroll
Eleanor Potter
Kasi Lemmons
Cookie
Troy Byer
Baby Doll
Harold Nicholas
Sarge
Carla Brothers
Tanya Sawyer
Roger Rose
The Five Horsemen
Bobby McGee
Leon
Arnold Johnson
Mr. Matthews
Norma Donaldson
Mrs. Sawyer
Veronica Redd
Mrs. Matthews
Tommy Redmond Hicks
Pastor Blake
David McKnight
Pastor Stone
Eugene Robert Glazer
David Green
Chuck Patterson
Jimmy Potter
Roy Fegan
Bird
Timmie Rogers
Buddy Lewis
Donnie Simpson
Donnie Simpson
James Anderson
Big Red's Guys
Monique Mannen
Sandra Tillman
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