The Five Heartbeats (1991)

The Five Heartbeats
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  • Genre: Drama Music
  • Running time: 121 min
  • Premiere: 29th of March 1991

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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Cast

John Canada Terrell
as Michael 'Flash' Turner
John Witherspoon
as Wild Rudy
Deborah Lacey
as Rose
Phyllis Applegate
as Myra Stone
Paul Benjamin
as Mr. King
O.L. Duke
as Monroe
Harry Lennix
as Dresser
Michael Wright
as Eddie
Leon
as J.T.
Hawthorne James
as Big Red
Theresa Randle
as Brenda
Robert Townsend
as Duck
Tico Wells
as Choirboy
Diahann Carroll
as Eleanor Potter
Kasi Lemmons
as Cookie
Troy Byer
as Baby Doll
Harold Nicholas
as Sarge
Carla Brothers
as Tanya Sawyer
Roger Rose
as The Five Horsemen
Bobby McGee
as Leon
Arnold Johnson
as Mr. Matthews
Norma Donaldson
as Mrs. Sawyer
Veronica Redd
as Mrs. Matthews
Tommy Redmond Hicks
as Pastor Blake
David McKnight
as Pastor Stone
Eugene Robert Glazer
as David Green

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