Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (1972)

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".

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  • Release Date: 1972-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 10min
  • Director: Fred Baker

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  • Cast

    • Fred Baker

      Narrator (voice)

    • Lenny Bruce

      Self (archive footage)

    • Steve Allen

      Self / DJ (archive footage)

    • Martin Garbus

      Self (archive footage)

    • William Glenesk

      Self (archive footage)

    • Nat Hentoff

      Self (archive footage)

    • Frank Hogan

      Self (archive footage)

    • Paul Krassner

      Self (archive footage)

    • Malcolm Muggeridge

      Self (archive footage)

    • Mort Sahl

      Self (archive footage)

    • Jean Shepherd

      Self (archive footage)

    • Kenneth Tynan

      Self (archive footage)

    • Lyndon B. Johnson

      Self (archive footage)