The Five Heartbeats
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Directed by Robert Townsend
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Robert TownsendDuck
Michael WrightEddie
LeonJ.T.
Harry LennixDresser
Tico WellsChoirboy
Diahann CarrollEleanor Potter
Harold NicholasSarge
John Canada TerrellMichael 'Flash' Turner
Hawthorne JamesBig RedTroy Byer
Troy ByerBaby Doll
Carla BrothersTanya SawyerExplore the crew
- Director
- Robert Townsend
- Writer
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Writer
- Robert Townsend
- Director of Photography
- Bill Dill
- Original Music Composer
- Stanley Clarke
- Producer
- Robert Townsend
- Producer
- Loretha C. Jones