The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats (1991) — drama, music film. Directed by Robert Townsend. Starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix. This page maps 10 characters and 12 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

The Five Heartbeats (1991) Poster

Interactive Features for The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:

Character Relationship Map — Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 10 characters interconnect through 12 relationship links.
AI Story Visualization & Plot Analysis — AI-powered breakdown of story structure, emotional arcs, turning points, and narrative progression.

Story Analysis

A singing group's rise, corruption, betrayal, collapse, and gradual movement toward recovery and forgiveness.

Drama, Music · 7.3/10 · 121 min · 1991

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Credits

Director

Robert Townsend
Cast

as Duck

Robert Townsend
Cast

as Eddie

Michael Wright
Cast

as J.T.

Leon
Cast

as Dresser

Harry Lennix
Cast

as Choirboy

Tico Wells
Cast

as Eleanor Potter

Diahann Carroll
Cast

as Sarge

Harold Nicholas
Cast

as Jimmy Potter

Chuck Patterson
Cast

as Big Red

Hawthorne James
Cast

as Bird

Roy Fegan
Cast

as Baby Doll

Troy Byer
Cast

as Tanya Sawyer

Carla Brothers

Videos

The Five Heartbeats - Official Movie Trailer

Images

Content sources

Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q16156200), public domain (CC0).