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.
| Sound | Robbie Robertson | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Cis Corman | Casting |
| Camera | Fred Schuler | Director of Photography |
| Production | Arnon Milchan | Producer |
| Art | Boris Leven | Production Design |
| Editing | Thelma Schoonmaker | Editor |
| Art | Edward Pisoni | Art Direction |
| Art | Lawrence Miller | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Bruno | Costume Design |
| Directing | Scott Maitland | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Robert F. Colesberry | Production Manager |
| Writing | Paul D. Zimmerman | Writer |
| Sound | Frank E. Warner | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Robert F. Colesberry | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Robbie Robertson | Music Producer |
| Production | Thelma Schoonmaker | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Robert Greenhut | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Lewis Gould | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Camera | Norman Buck | Key Grip |
| Sound | Les Lazarowitz | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | James Fitzpatrick | Best Boy Electric |
| Directing | Roberta Hodes | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Daniel Robert | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Crew | Harold 'Whitey' McEvoy | Transportation Captain |
| Art | Jimmy Raitt | Property Master |
| Art | George DeTitta Sr. | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Edward Garzero | Scenic Artist |
| Lighting | William Ward | Gaffer |
| Sound | Vito L. Ilardi | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Sandy Brooke | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Carlos Quiles | Carpenter |
| Camera | Ricki-Ellen Brooke | Second Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Loger | Costume Supervisor |
| Crew | Barbara De Fina | Post Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Dick Mingalone | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Lorey Sebastian | Still Photographer |
| Art | Joe Williams Sr. | Construction Grip |
| Camera | Garrett Brown | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philip Goldblat | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Ellen Winston | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | Robert Raring | Color Timer |
| Editing | Richard Candib | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Amy Sayres | Location Coordinator |
| Production | Sylvia Fay | Extras Casting |
| Camera | Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator |
| Directing | Martin Scorsese | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyndell Quiyou | Hairstylist |
| Production | Shelley Houis | Production Office Coordinator |
