Synopsis
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
- Lenny BruceHimself (archive footage)
- Steve AllenHimself / DJ (archive footage)
- Fred BakerNarrator
- Martin GarbusHimself (archive footage)
- William GleneskHimself (archive footage)
- Nat HentoffHimself (archive footage)
- Frank HoganHimself (archive footage)
- Paul KrassnerHimself (archive footage)
- Malcolm MuggeridgeHimself (archive footage)
- Mort SahlHimself (archive footage)
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