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The Five Heartbeats
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Title: The Five Heartbeats

Release Date: 29 Mar 1991

Runtime: 2h 1m

Genre: Drama, Music

Director: 20th Century Fox

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.37 (67 votes)

Cast

  • Duck: Robert Townsend
  • Eddie: Michael Wright
  • J.T.: Leon
  • Dresser: Harry Lennix
  • Choirboy: Tico Wells
  • Eleanor Potter: Diahann Carroll
  • Sarge: Harold Nicholas
  • Michael 'Flash' Turner: John Canada Terrell
  • Jimmy Potter: Chuck Patterson
  • Big Red: Hawthorne James
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