Beat Angel

Apr 5, 2004

1h 38m

★ 0.0

A film about the spirit of Jack Kerouac

Overview

Jack Kerouac returns to earth as an angel with the goal of changing the life of a struggling writer.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Beat Angel Productions LLC

Beat Angel Trailers

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Cast

Jack

Vincent Balestri

Gerard

Frank Tabbita

Carol

Lisa Niemi

Mary

Amy Humphrey

Vic

Ross Douglas

Emcee

Jimmy Henry

Himself

Graham Kerr

Chester

Jeff Kuehn

Ms. Lydia

Lisa Bell

Sweater Girl

Susan Goforth

1969 Jack Kerouac

Doug Phillips

Shaggy

Boris Schleinkofer

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