"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."
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
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
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
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)
Frank Orsatti
as Hunter (uncredited)
Glenn R. Wilder
Zorita
as Nightclub Owner (uncredited)
Cindy Embers
as Opening Stripper (uncredited)
Rod Ball
as Man in Audience of Cellar Club
Bruce Surtees
Director of Photography
Joel Schiller
Production Design
Ralph Burns
Original Music Composer
Director
Beverly McDermott
Casting
Julian Barry
Theatre Play
Marion Dougherty
Screenplay
Marvin Worth
Producer
Alan Heim
Editor
David V. Picker
Executive Producer
Dennis J. Parrish
Property Master
Diana Bernay
Costumer
Dennis Maitland
Sound
Katherine Wenning
Sound Editor
Michael J. Harte
Gail Geibel
Production Secretary
Michael McGowan
Assistant Camera
Chuck Holmes
Gaffer
Irving Rathner
Negative Cutter
Richard Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ed Rothkowitz
Sound Assistant
Robert Greenhut
Associate Producer
Roland "Ozzie" Smith
Camera Operator
John Winner
Billy Simpson
Key Grip
Music Supervisor
Ted Zachary
First Assistant Director
Douglas Green
Thomas Lofaro
Second Assistant Director
Nicholas Sgarro
Script Supervisor
Albert Wolsky
Costume Design
Jonathan Pontell
Assistant Editor
Peter J. Silbermann
Unit Publicist
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Robert Laden
Makeup Artist
Neil Machlis
Unit Manager
Trudy Ship
Nicholas J. Romanac
Set Decoration
William A. Farley