Lenny Bruce: Without Tears 52 years old

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".

Credits

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears Cast

Name Character
Steve Allen He was 50, 78 years old when he died as Himself / DJ (archive footage)
Jean Shepherd He was 50, 78 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson He was 63, 64 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Fred Baker He was 19, 59 years old when he died as Narrator
Martin Garbus He was 37, now 89 years old as Himself (archive footage)
Kenneth Tynan He was 44, 53 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Nat Hentoff He was 46, 91 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Lenny Bruce He was 46, 40 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Malcolm Muggeridge He was 68, 87 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Paul Krassner He was 39, 87 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
William Glenesk as Himself (archive footage)
Frank Hogan He was 69, 72 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Mort Sahl He was 44, 94 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears Crew

Name Department
Barbara Baker as Writer. Writing
John Parson as Writer. Writing
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears poster
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (52 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, January 01, 1972
  • Runtime: 70 minutes