Movie
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
121 min
- Drama
- Music
- Director
- Robert Townsend
- Released
- March 29, 1991
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.
Cast
- Robert Townsend
- Michael Wright
- Leon
- Harry Lennix
- Tico Wells
- Diahann Carroll
- Harold Nicholas
- John Canada Terrell
- Hawthorne James
- Roy Fegan
- Troy Byer
- Carla Brothers