Title: The Five Heartbeats
Year: 1991
Genre: Drama, Music
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix, Tico Wells
Description: 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.