Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (1972)
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".
Director: Fred Baker
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Fred Baker as Narrator (voice) |
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Lenny Bruce as Self (archive footage) |
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Steve Allen as Self / DJ (archive footage) |
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Martin Garbus as Self (archive footage) |
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William Glenesk as Self (archive footage) |
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Nat Hentoff as Self (archive footage) |
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Frank Hogan as Self (archive footage) |
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Paul Krassner as Self (archive footage) |
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Malcolm Muggeridge as Self (archive footage) |
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Mort Sahl as Self (archive footage) |
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Jean Shepherd as Self (archive footage) |
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Kenneth Tynan as Self (archive footage) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Fred Baker | Director |
| Writing | Fred Baker | Writer |
| Writing | Barbara Baker | Writer |
| Writing | John Parson | Writer |
