Movie
Lenny
Overview
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the establishment as too obscene for the public.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-11-10
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Marvin Worth Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce
- Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce
- Jan Miner as Sally Marr
- Stanley Beck as Artie Silver
- Frankie Man as Baltimore Comic
- Rashel Novikoff as Aunt Mema
- Gary Morton as Sherman Hart
- Guy Rennie as Jack Goldstein
- Michele Yonge as Nurse
- Kathryn Witt as Girl
- Monroe Myers as Hawaiin Judge
- John DiSanti as John Santi
Crew
- Bob Fosse - Director
- Julian Barry - Screenplay
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