The Five Heartbeats

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.

• Robert TownsendDirector
• Keenen Ivory WayansWriter
• Robert TownsendWriter
• Stanley ClarkeOriginal Music Composer

• Robert TownsendDuck
• Michael WrightEddie
• LeonJ.T.
• Harry LennixDresser
• Tico WellsChoirboy
• Diahann CarrollEleanor Potter
• Harold NicholasSarge
• John Canada TerrellMichael 'Flash' Turner
• Chuck PattersonJimmy Potter
• Hawthorne JamesBig Red
• Roy FeganBird
• Troy ByerBaby Doll