The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 78% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic61/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
324 audience votes
Key crew
- Bob FosseDirector
- Julian BarryScreenplay
- Ralph BurnsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dustin HoffmanLenny Bruce
- Valerie PerrineHoney Bruce
- Jan MinerSally Marr
- Stanley BeckArtie Silver
- Frankie ManBaltimore Comic
- Rashel NovikoffAunt Mema
- Gary MortonSherman Hart
- Guy RennieJack Goldstein
- Michele YongeNurse
- Kathryn WittGirl
- Monroe MyersHawaiin Judge
- John DiSantiJohn Santi
Stills
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Themes
adulteryhusband wife relationshipcourt casecourtdrug addictionfreedom of speechcomediancivil rightsbiographystripperunfaithfulnesssocial satire
The Best Movies of 1974
Lenny is #27 of 58
