Pull My Daisy

Pull My Daisy

1959
26m
6.0

6.0/10

27 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama

"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.

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Production Information

Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

new york city poetry black and white improvisation beat generation beat poetry short film

Quick Facts

Release Date November 11, 1959
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0052100

Cast

Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac

Narrator (voice)

Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg

Alan

Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso

Gregory

Peter Orlovsky
Peter Orlovsky

Peter

Larry Rivers
Larry Rivers

Milo

David Amram
David Amram

Mez McGillicuddy

Richard Bellamy
Richard Bellamy

Bishop

Alice Neel
Alice Neel

Bishop's Mother

Sally Gross
Sally Gross

Bishop's Sister

Pablo Frank
Pablo Frank

Pablo, Milo's Son

Delphine Seyrig
Delphine Seyrig

Milo's Wife

Denise Parker
Denise Parker

Girl in Bed

Key Crew

Jack Kerouac
Writer
Alfred Leslie
Director
Robert Frank
Director