The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats (1991) on 123movies: drama and music film starring Robert Townsend and Michael Wright. Plot summary, full cast and release details. 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.