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Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (1972)
Directed by Fred Baker
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”.
Length 70 minutes
Actors
Jean Shepherd | Fred Baker | Steve Allen | Kenneth Tynan | Lyndon Johnson | Lenny Bruce | Mort Sahl | Paul Krassner | Martin Garbus | William Glenesk | Nat Hentoff | Frank Hogan | Malcolm Muggeridge