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Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies!   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. Production Status: Released Genres: Documentary Running Time: 1 hr. 33 min. Production Co.: Whyaduck Productions, HBO Documentary Films Produced in: United States