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".
Credits
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Steve Allen
He was 50, 78 years old when he died
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as Himself / DJ (archive footage) |
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Jean Shepherd
He was 50, 78 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson
He was 63, 64 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Malcolm Muggeridge
He was 68, 87 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Paul Krassner
He was 39, 87 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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William Glenesk
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Frank Hogan
He was 69, 72 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Mort Sahl
He was 44, 94 years old when he died
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as Himself (archive footage) |
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Fred Baker
He was 19, 59 years old when he died
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as Narrator |
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Martin Garbus
He was 37, now 90 years old
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as Himself (archive footage) |
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Kenneth Tynan
He was 44, 53 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Nat Hentoff
He was 46, 91 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Lenny Bruce
He was 46, 40 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears Crew
