The Five Heartbeats

Robert Townsend

Duck

Michael Wright

Eddie

Leon

J.T.

Harry Lennix

Dresser

Tico Wells

Choirboy

Diahann Carroll

Eleanor Potter

Harold Nicholas

Sarge

John Canada Terrell

Michael 'Flash' Turner

Chuck Patterson

Jimmy Potter

Hawthorne James

Big Red

Roy Fegan

Bird

Troy Byer

Baby Doll

Carla Brothers

Tanya Sawyer

Deborah Lacey

Rose

Theresa Randle

Brenda

John Witherspoon

Wild Rudy

Bobby McGee

Leon

O.L. Duke

Monroe

Kasi Lemmons

Cookie

Eugene Robert Glazer

David Green

Wynn Thomas

Production Design

Stanley Clarke

Original Music Composer

Ruth E. Carter

Costume Design

Samara Hutman

Set Decoration

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writer

Bill Dill

Director of Photography

Robert Townsend

Director, Writer, Producer

Loretha C. Jones

Producer

Susan Raney

Set Decoration

John Lemons

Costumer