"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
David V. Picker
Executive Producer
Alan Heim
Editor
Julian Barry
Screenplay
Marvin Worth
Producer
Ralph Burns
Original Music Composer
Theatre Play
Joel Schiller
Production Design
Beverly McDermott
Casting
Marion Dougherty
Director
Dennis J. Parrish
Property Master
Irving Rathner
Negative Cutter
Michael J. Harte
Costumer
Ed Rothkowitz
Sound Assistant
Diana Bernay
Michael McGowan
Assistant Camera
Roland "Ozzie" Smith
Camera Operator
Chuck Holmes
Gaffer
Billy Simpson
Key Grip
Dennis Maitland
Sound
Richard Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Winner
Music Supervisor
Katherine Wenning
Sound Editor
Robert Greenhut
Associate Producer
Gail Geibel
Production Secretary
Thomas Lofaro
Second Assistant Director
Ted Zachary
First Assistant Director
Douglas Green
Trudy Ship
Assistant Editor
Nicholas Sgarro
Script Supervisor
Nicholas J. Romanac
Set Decoration
William A. Farley
Hairstylist
Peter J. Silbermann
Unit Publicist
Albert Wolsky
Costume Design
Jonathan Pontell
Romaine Greene
Robert Laden
Makeup Artist
Neil Machlis
Unit Manager
Jud Chalkley
Medical Consultant