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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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
Mickey Gatlin as San Francisco Policeman
Martin Begley as San Francisco Judge
Mark Harris as Defense Attorney
Richard Friedman as San Francisco Prosecutor
Lee Sandman as 2nd San Francisco Judge
Jack Nagle as Reverend Mooney
Phil Philbin as New York Plainclothesman
Bruce McLaughlin as New York Judge
Ted Sorel as New York Attorney
Clarence Thomas as New York Attorney
Mike Murphy as New York Prosecutor
Susan Malnik as Kitty (age twelve)
George DeWitt as Comic
Judy LaScala as Chorus Girl
Don Newsome as Connection
Allison Goldstein as Kitty (age one)
Winston Lee as Chinese Waiter
Bridghid Glass as Kitty (age two)
Joe Mencel as Court Reporter
Richard O'Barry as Court Clerk
Beth Challis as Club Owner
Robert Parsons as Chicago Plainclothesman
Cecil Seay as Chicago Plainclothesman
Bob Collins as New York Assistant DA
Lynette Bernay as Girl in Dressing Room (uncredited)
Bob Fosse as The Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Phyllis Hyman as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lillian Zuckerman as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Mal Jones as New York Court Clerk (uncredited)
David Joseph Martinez as Marine Private (uncredited)
Alan Ormsby as Man in Audience of Cellar Club (uncredited)