Pull My Daisy (1959)
Overview
Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.
Overview
Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.
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Release Date
November 11, 1959
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Runtime
0h 26m
Jack Kerouac
Narrator (voice)
Allen Ginsberg
Alan
Gregory Corso
Gregory
Peter Orlovsky
Peter
Larry Rivers
Milo
David Amram
Mez McGillicuddy
Richard Bellamy
Bishop
Alice Neel
Bishop's Mother
Sally Gross
Bishop's Sister
Pablo Frank
Pablo, Milo's Son
Delphine Seyrig
Milo's Wife
Denise Parker
Girl in Bed
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