The Five Heartbeats

1991, drama, music

121 minutes

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,...

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Cast

Leon

Leon

J.T.

Harry Lennix

Harry Lennix

Dresser

Tico Wells

Tico Wells

Choirboy

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

Eleanor Potter

John Canada Terrell

Michael 'Flash' Turner

Hawthorne James

Big Red

Roy Fegan

Bird

Troy Beyer

Baby Doll

Crew

Art

Wynn Thomas

Wynn Thomas

Production design

Susan Raney

Set decoration

Samara Schaffer

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Ruth E. Carter

Ruth E. Carter

Costume design

Directing

Robert Townsend

Robert Townsend

Director

Production

Robert Townsend

Robert Townsend

Producer

Loretha C. Jones

Producer

Sound

Stanley Clarke

Stanley Clarke

Original music composer

Writing

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