Overview - The Five Heartbeats

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.

Cast

• Name: Robert Townsend

  Character: Duck

  Popularity: 0.6

  

• Name: Michael Wright

  Character: Eddie

  Popularity: 0.6705

  

• Name: Leon

  Character: J.T.

  Popularity: 0.6592

  

• Name: Harry Lennix

  Character: Dresser

  Popularity: 0.9267

  

• Name: Tico Wells

  Character: Choirboy

  Popularity: 0.2318

  

• Name: Diahann Carroll

  Character: Eleanor Potter

  Popularity: 0.5741

  

• Name: Harold Nicholas

  Character: Sarge

  Popularity: 0.0894

  

• Name: John Canada Terrell

  Character: Michael 'Flash' Turner

  Popularity: 4.61