Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998)

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NR|1 hr 40 mins|Documentary|Released: 10/21/1998

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Synopsis:

In the late '40s stand-up comic Lenny Bruce shared the stage with the local strippers, and married one of them. By the '50s he had perfected a jazzy, improvisational delivery that led to TV dates with hosts Steve Allen and Hugh Hefner. By the early '60s Bruce's sold out club dates were cracking up audiences from coast to coast, taking a hipster's aim at conventionality and hypocrisy (and the Catholic Church) arguably the reason prosecutors now felt compelled to arrest him repeatedly for obscenity and narcotics possession. The film revisits Lenny Bruce's greatest triumphs and the depths of his tragedy.

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10/21/1998

Director	Credit
Robert B. Weide	Director
Cast	Credit
Sally Marr	Herself
Robert De Niro	Narrator
Honey Bruce	Herself
Kitty Bruce	Herself
Martin Garbus	Himself
Paul Krassner	Himself
Nat Hentoff	Himself
Steve Allen	Himself
Maynard Sloate	Himself
Jojo D'Amoro	Himself
John Dolan	Himself
Howard Solomon	Himself
Richard Kuh	Himself
Jackie Gayle	Himself
Lotus Weinstock	Himself
Production Credits	Credit
Robert B. Weide	Producer
Sheila Nevins	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Whyaduck Productions	Production Company
HBO Productions	Production Company
Writer	Credit
Robert B. Weide	Screenplay

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