Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (1972)

Directed by Fred Baker1h 10mComedy,Documentary

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".

Year

1972

Country

US

Language

English

Release date

1 January 1972

TMDB

5.0 (4)

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Fred Baker

Narrator (voice)

Lenny Bruce

Self (archive footage)

Steve Allen

Self / DJ (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

William Glenesk

Self (archive footage)

Nat Hentoff

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Paul Krassner

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm Muggeridge

Malcolm Muggeridge

Self (archive footage)

Mort Sahl

Self (archive footage)

Jean Shepherd

Self (archive footage)

Kenneth Tynan

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

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