‘Lenny’
Bob Fosse’s dark-hued, terrific 1974 film biography of iconoclastic nightclub comedian Lenny Bruce stars a brilliant Dustin Hoffman (pictured) in the title role and a memorable Valerie Perrine as his stripper wife. Shot in moody black-and-white by Bruce Surtees, it is one of the key American films of the ‘70s (TNT Monday at 10:30 p.m.).
Other four-star films airing this week:
The Devil and Daniel Webster / Bravo, Sunday, 11 a.m. and Monday, 8 a.m.
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), A&E;, early Friday, 1 a.m.
Say Amen, Somebody / Bravo, Friday, 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Lawerence of Arabia / KCOP, early Saturday, 3 a.m.
Night of the Living Dead (1968), USA, early Saturday, 3 a.m.
The Day the Earth Stood Still / TMC, Saturday, 1:55 p.m.
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