Lenny

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Lenny

"Lenny Said It. "Hot Honey" Did It. Together They Shocked America."

1974

1h 51m

7.3(279 votes)

Drama

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.

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Cast & Crew

48 members

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Dustin Hoffman

Lenny Bruce

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Valerie Perrine

Honey Bruce

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Jan Miner

Sally Marr

Production

Stanley Beck

Artie Silver

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Frankie Man

Baltimore Comic

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Rashel Novikoff

Aunt Mema

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Gary Morton

Sherman Hart

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Guy Rennie

Jack Goldstein

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Michele Yonge

Nurse

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Kathryn Witt

Girl

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Monroe Myers

Hawaiin Judge

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John DiSanti

John Santi

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Mickey Gatlin

San Francisco Policeman

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Martin Begley

San Francisco Judge

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Mark Harris

Defense Attorney

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Richard Friedman

San Francisco Prosecutor

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Lee Sandman

2nd San Francisco Judge

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Jack Nagle

Reverend Mooney

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Phil Philbin

New York Plainclothesman

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Bruce McLaughlin

New York Judge

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Ted Sorel

New York Attorney

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Clarence Thomas

New York Attorney

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Mike Murphy

New York Prosecutor

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Susan Malnik

Kitty (age twelve)

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George DeWitt

Comic

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Judy LaScala

Chorus Girl

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Don Newsome

Connection

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Allison Goldstein

Kitty (age one)

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Winston Lee

Chinese Waiter

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Bridghid Glass

Kitty (age two)

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Joe Mencel

Court Reporter

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Richard O'Barry

Court Clerk

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Beth Challis

Club Owner

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Robert Parsons

Chicago Plainclothesman

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Cecil Seay

Chicago Plainclothesman

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Bob Collins

New York Assistant DA

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Costume & Make-Up

Lynette Bernay

Girl in Dressing Room (uncredited)

Directing

Bob Fosse

The Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

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Phyllis Hyman

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Lillian Zuckerman

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Mal Jones

New York Court Clerk (uncredited)

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David Joseph Martinez

Marine Private (uncredited)

Writing

Alan Ormsby

Man in Audience of Cellar Club (uncredited)

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Frank Orsatti

Hunter (uncredited)

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Crew

Glenn R. Wilder

Hunter (uncredited)

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Zorita

Nightclub Owner (uncredited)

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Cindy Embers

Opening Stripper (uncredited)

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Rod Ball

Man in Audience of Cellar Club

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