Pull My Daisy

Nov 11, 1959

0h 26m

★ 6.0

Is Holy Holy?

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Jack Kerouac

Alan

Allen Ginsberg

Gregory

Gregory Corso

Peter

Peter Orlovsky

Milo

Larry Rivers

Mez McGillicuddy

David Amram

Bishop

Richard Bellamy

Bishop's Mother

Alice Neel

Bishop's Sister

Sally Gross

Pablo, Milo's Son

Pablo Frank

Milo's Wife

Delphine Seyrig

Girl in Bed

Denise Parker

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