Komiek Rupert Pupkin koestert een grote droom: hij wil koste wat het kost een gastoptreden versieren in de talkshow van zijn idool Jerry Langford. Daarom probeert hij steeds in contact te komen met hem, doch de man wijst hem steevast af omdat hij niet in hem gelooft.
Nee, helaas is The King of Comedy nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Arnon Milchan | Producer |
| Art | Boris Leven | Production Design |
| Camera | Fred Schuler | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Thelma Schoonmaker | Editor |
| Production | Cis Corman | Casting |
| Sound | Robbie Robertson | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Bruno | Costume Design |
| Art | Edward Pisoni | Art Direction |
| Art | Lawrence Miller | Art Direction |
| Directing | Scott Maitland | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Robbie Robertson | Music Producer |
| Production | Thelma Schoonmaker | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Robert F. Colesberry | Associate Producer |
| Production | Robert Greenhut | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Paul D. Zimmerman | Writer |
| Production | Robert F. Colesberry | Production Manager |
| Directing | Lewis Gould | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Frank E. Warner | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Camera | Garrett Brown | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator |
| Art | Daniel Robert | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Les Lazarowitz | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Norman Buck | Key Grip |
| Art | Jimmy Raitt | Property Master |
| Art | George DeTitta Sr. | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Sandy Brooke | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Edward Garzero | Scenic Artist |
| Camera | Ricki-Ellen Brooke | Second Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Carlos Quiles | Carpenter |
| Art | Joe Williams Sr. | Construction Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philip Goldblat | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Harold 'Whitey' McEvoy | Transportation Captain |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Ellen Winston | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | Robert Raring | Color Timer |
| Lighting | James Fitzpatrick | Best Boy Electric |
| Directing | Roberta Hodes | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Barbara De Fina | Post Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Loger | Costume Supervisor |
| Editing | Richard Candib | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Amy Sayres | Location Coordinator |
| Camera | Dick Mingalone | Camera Operator |
| Production | Sylvia Fay | Extras Casting |
| Sound | Vito L. Ilardi | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | William Ward | Gaffer |
| Camera | Lorey Sebastian | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Martin Scorsese | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyndell Quiyou | Hairstylist |
| Production | Shelley Houis | Production Office Coordinator |
