Drama Music
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
Keenen Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend
John Canada Terrell
Michael 'Flash' Turner
John Witherspoon
Wild Rudy
Harry Lennix
Dresser
Leon
J.T.
Diahann Carroll
Eleanor Potter
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Robert Townsend
Duck
Theresa Randle
Brenda
Kasi Lemmons
Cookie
Michael Wright
Eddie
Roger Rose
The Five Horsemen
Tico Wells
Choirboy
Hawthorne James
Big Red
Eugene Robert Glazer
David Green
Troy Byer
Baby Doll
Bobby McGee
Leon
Deborah Lacey
Rose
Tommy Redmond Hicks
Pastor Blake
O.L. Duke
Monroe
Harold Nicholas
Sarge
Carla Brothers
Tanya Sawyer
Chuck Patterson
Jimmy Potter
Roy Fegan
Bird
Timmie Rogers
Buddy Lewis
Donnie Simpson
Donnie Simpson
Norma Donaldson
Mrs. Sawyer
James Anderson
Big Red's Guys

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