The Five Heartbeats
The Five Heartbeats
Release: 1991-03-29
·Runtime: 121m
·★ 7.3
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Norma Donaldson
as Mrs. Sawyer
Arnold Johnson
as Mr. Matthews
Harry Lennix
as Dresser
Harold Nicholas
as Sarge
Hawthorne James
as Big Red
John Witherspoon
as Wild Rudy
Robert Townsend
as Duck
Diahann Carroll
as Eleanor Potter
Bobby McGee
as Leon
Eugene Robert Glazer
as David Green
Tommy Redmond Hicks
as Pastor Blake
Michael Wright
as Eddie
Theresa Randle
as Brenda
Veronica Redd
as Mrs. Matthews
Kasi Lemmons
as Cookie
Leon
as J.T.
John Canada Terrell
as Michael 'Flash' Turner
Troy Byer
as Baby Doll
Paul Benjamin
as Mr. King
Phyllis Applegate
as Myra Stone
David McKnight
as Pastor Stone
Carla Brothers
as Tanya Sawyer
O.L. Duke
as Monroe
Roger Rose
as The Five Horsemen
Tico Wells
as Choirboy
Deborah Lacey
as Rose
