Pull My Daisy (1959)
11/11/1959
Comedy, Drama
26m
- 60% (27 votes)
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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.
- Alfred LeslieDirector
- Robert FrankDirector
- Jack KerouacWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- new york city
- poetry
- black and white
- improvisation
- beat generation
- beat poetry
- short film
Top Billed Cast
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
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