Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
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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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Cast
15 people
Fred Baker
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Dawn of the Dead
Lenny Bruce
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Thank You Mask Man
Dance Hall Racket
Barbara Baker
Steve Allen
Self / DJ (archive footage)
Also in
Alice in Wonderland
The Benny Goodman Story
Martin Garbus
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Dear God
John Parson
William Glenesk
Self (archive footage)
Also in
For Love of Ivy
Nat Hentoff
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Jazz Television of Robert Herridge
Frank Hogan
Self (archive footage)
Paul Krassner
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
Malcolm Muggeridge
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Herostratus
Alice in Wonderland
Mort Sahl
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Don't Make Waves
Inside the Third Reich
Fred Baker Director · Barbara Baker Writer John Parson Writer
United States release January 1, 1972 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1972
Theatrical
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