Lenny

Lenny

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

1974•1h 51m•7.3/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(299)

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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Production

Marvin Worth Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Lenny Bruce

Valerie Perrine

Valerie Perrine

Honey Bruce

Jan Miner

Jan Miner

Sally Marr

Stanley Beck

Stanley Beck

Artie Silver

Frankie Man

Baltimore Comic

Rashel Novikoff

Rashel Novikoff

Aunt Mema

Gary Morton

Gary Morton

Sherman Hart

Guy Rennie

Jack Goldstein

Michele Yonge

Michele Yonge

Nurse

Kathryn Witt

Kathryn Witt

Girl

Monroe Myers

Hawaiin Judge

John DiSanti

John DiSanti

John Santi

Mickey Gatlin

San Francisco Policeman

Martin Begley

San Francisco Judge

Mark Harris

Defense Attorney

Richard Friedman

San Francisco Prosecutor

Lee Sandman

Lee Sandman

2nd San Francisco Judge

Jack Nagle

Reverend Mooney

Phil Philbin

New York Plainclothesman

Bruce McLaughlin

New York Judge

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