Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
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".
Release Date
January 1, 1972Runtime
70 minDirected by
Fred BakerWritten by
John Parson, Fred Baker, Barbara BakerLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Lenny Bruce
Himself (archive footage)Steve Allen
Himself / DJ (archive footage)Fred Baker
NarratorNat Hentoff
Himself (archive footage)Paul Krassner
Himself (archive footage)Mort Sahl
Himself (archive footage)Jean Shepherd
Himself (archive footage)Kenneth Tynan
Himself (archive footage)Lyndon B. Johnson
Himself (archive footage)