(Lenny Bruce: Without Tears)

Content: 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".

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Comedy,

Documentary

Runtime:

70 minutes

Year:

1972

Directors:

Fred Baker

Actors:

Narrator (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Self / DJ (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Crews:

Writer

Director

Writer

Writer