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Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

1972

3.3

Categories:

  • Comedy
  • Documentary

Overview:

The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a close friend, Fred Baker, who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears. By presenting Bruce's landmark skits on the Steve Allen Show, his failed TV pilot episode and a candid interview with Nat Hentoff, Bruce's genius and anguish show through the dramatic and tragic trajectory of his career from aspiring artist to hunted "lawbreaker".

Fred Baker

Director, Writer

John Parson

Writer

Barbara Baker

Writer

Cast:

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  • Fred Baker

    Fred Baker

    Narrator (voice)
  • Lenny Bruce

    Lenny Bruce

    Self (archive footage)
  • Steve Allen

    Steve Allen

    Self / DJ (archive foo...
  • Martin Garbus

    Martin Garbus

    Self (archive footage)
  • William Glenesk

    William Glenesk

    Self (archive footage)
  • Nat Hentoff

    Nat Hentoff

    Self (archive footage)