The Five Heartbeats

Robert Townsend, Diahann Carroll, Harry J. Lennix. Actor-director Robert Townsend co-wrote and starred in this amazing story of a fictional black male quintet in the '60s. After researching a real group, the Dells, he brilliantly depicted the typical issues that most black groups confronted in pre-Civil Rights America. 1991/color/121 min/R.

Director: Robert Townsend
Producer: Robert Townsend
Producer: Christina Schmidlin
Producer: Kokayi Ampah
Producer: Loretha C. Jones
Actor: Harry J. Lennix
Actor: Robert Townsend
Actor: Michael Wright
Actor: Leon
Actor: Leon Robinson
Actor: Harry Lennix
Actor: Tico Wells
Actor: Aaron J. Galang
Actor: Al Simon
Actor: Alexis Johnson
Actor: Bob Mardis
Actor: Brandon Wright
Actor: Brian Bradley
Actor: Carl Edwards
Actor: Christopher Bradley
Actor: Craig Eisner
Actor: David Drummond
Actor: Devin C. Huff
Actor: Don Barnes
Actor: Donnie Simpson
Actor: Fred Asparagus
Actor: Gigi Bolden
Actor: Gregory "Popeye" Alexander
Actor: Griff Ruggles
Actor: Harry Stanback
Actor: Jaki Brown-Karman
Actor: James Anderson
Actor: Jeannel Phillips White
Actor: Jimmy Jackson
Actor: Kamar Phillips White
Actor: Kathleen Mitchell
Actor: Lakisha Luke
Actor: Lamont Johnson
Actor: Mike Conn
Actor: O.L. Duke
Actor: Randy Harris
Actor: Recoe Walker
Actor: Regina McLeod
Actor: Ron Jaxson
Actor: Shanel Cason
Actor: Shannon Chambers
Actor: Suzanne Suter
Actor: The Nicholas Brothers
Actor: Tiffanique Webb
Actor: Timmie Rogers
Actor: Tommy Townsend
Actor: Vincent J. Isaac
Actor: Virginia Watson
Actor: Wayne "Crescendo" Ward
Actor: Diahann Carroll
Actor: Harold Nicholas
Actor: Tressa Thomas
Actor: John Canada Terrell
Actor: Chuck Patterson
Actor: Hawthorne James
Actor: Roy Fegan
Actor: Troy Beyer
Actor: Carla Brothers
Actor: Deborah Lacey
Actor: Theresa Randle
Actor: John Witherspoon
Actor: Anne-Marie Johnson
Actor: Lisa Mende
Actor: Bobby McGee
Actor: O. L. Duke
Actor: Arnold Johnson
Actor: Veronica Redd
Actor: David McKnight
Actor: Phyllis Applegate
Actor: Paul Benjamin
Actor: Marilyn Coleman
Actor: Norma Donaldson
Actor: Harris Peet
Actor: Kasi Lemmons
Actor: Monique Mannen
Actor: Jimmy Woodard
Actor: Michael Conn
Actor: Barry Diamond
Actor: Joey Gaynor
Actor: Roger Rose
Actor: Tammy Townsend
Actor: Chris Bradley
Actor: Wayne Ward (Crescendo)
Actor: Eugene Robert Glazer
Actor: Tommy Redmond Hicks
Actor: Joel Weiss
Actor: John Pittman
Actor: Ron Smith
Actor: Frank Fontaine