Pull My Daisy

The read

It runs a compact 26m.

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Jack KerouacWriter
• Alfred LeslieDirector
• Robert FrankDirector

Cast

• Jack KerouacNarrator (voice)
• Allen GinsbergAlan
• Gregory CorsoGregory
• Peter OrlovskyPeter
• Larry RiversMilo
• David AmramMez McGillicuddy
• Richard BellamyBishop
• Alice NeelBishop's Mother
• Sally GrossBishop's Sister
• Pablo FrankPablo, Milo's Son
• Delphine SeyrigMilo's Wife
• Denise ParkerGirl in Bed

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