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.

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  Robert Townsend

  Duck
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  Michael Wright

  Eddie
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  Leon

  J.T.
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  Harry Lennix

  Dresser
• 
  Tico Wells

  Choirboy
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  Diahann Carroll

  Eleanor Potter
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  Harold Nicholas

  Sarge
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  John Canada Terrell

  Michael 'Flash' Turner
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  Hawthorne James

  Big Red
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  Carla Brothers

  Tanya Sawyer