The Five Heartbeats

  • Release Date: 1991-03-29
  • Runtime: 121 Minutes
  • Spoken Languages: en
  • Vote Count: 73
  • Director: Robert Townsend
  • 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.
  • Production Companies

    • 20th Century Fox
    • 20th Century Fox