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