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The Five Heartbeats (1991)
6.8
The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group. Director:Robert Townsend |
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Cast
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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
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| Tico Wells | ... |
Choirboy
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| Diahann Carroll | ... |
Eleanor Potter
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Harold Nicholas | ... |
Sarge
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| Tressa Thomas | ... |
Duck's Baby Sister
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John Canada Terrell | ... |
Michael 'Flash' Turner
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Chuck Patterson | ... |
Jimmy Potter
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Hawthorne James | ... |
Big Red
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| Roy Fegan | ... |
Bird
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| Troy Byer Bailey | ... |
Baby Doll
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Carla Brothers | ... |
Tanya Sawyer
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Deborah Lacey | ... |
Rose
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Storyline
In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful young African American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improve, turn pro, and rise to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry with it's casual racism and greed while the personal weaknesses of the members threaten to destroy the integrity of the band. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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Michael Wright's character's name is popularly mispronounced as Eddie "Kane", or "Caine", because of the southern drawl. However, his name is actually Eddie King, Jr. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: In the restaurant scene when Duck asked the girl her phone number she said 555-.... In the 1960s phone numbers had five numbers preceded by two letters. See more »
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