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The Five Heartbeats

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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.

Date: 03/29/1991

Rating: 7.2

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

Robert Townsend