Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears — Plot

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".

• Release date
• January 1, 1972
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Documentary
• Director
• Fred Baker

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears — Cast

Fred Baker Narrator (voice) Lenny Bruce Self (archive footage) Steve Allen Self / DJ (archive footage)

M

Martin Garbus Self (archive footage)

W

William Glenesk Self (archive footage) Nat Hentoff Self (archive footage)

F

Frank Hogan Self (archive footage) Paul Krassner Self (archive footage)