Lenny Bruce: Without Tears poster

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears poster

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

1972 1h 10m 5Movie

ComedyDocumentary

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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Fred Baker

Director, Writer

Barbara Baker

Writer

John Parson

Writer

Top Cast

Fred Baker

Fred Baker

Narrator (voice)

Lenny Bruce

Lenny Bruce

Self (archive footage)

Steve Allen

Steve Allen

Self / DJ (archive footage)

Martin Garbus

Self (archive footage)

William Glenesk

Self (archive footage)

Nat Hentoff

Nat Hentoff

Self (archive footage)

Frank Hogan

Self (archive footage)

Paul Krassner

Paul Krassner

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm Muggeridge

Malcolm Muggeridge

Self (archive footage)

Mort Sahl

Mort Sahl

Self (archive footage)

Jean Shepherd

Jean Shepherd

Self (archive footage)

Kenneth Tynan

Kenneth Tynan

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)