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Pull My Daisy

6.1 26 mins Comedy   Drama   1959
Director(s): Robert Frank Alfred Leslie

Release Date: 11 Wed, Nov 1959

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.

Casts of Pull My Daisy

Jack Kerouac

as Narrator (voice)

Allen Ginsberg

as Alan

Gregory Corso

as Gregory

Peter Orlovsky

as Peter

Larry Rivers

as Milo

David Amram

as Mez McGillicuddy

Richard Bellamy

as Bishop

Alice Neel

as Bishop's Mother

Sally Gross

as Bishop's Sister

Pablo Frank

as Pablo, Milo's Son

Delphine Seyrig

as Milo's Wife

Denise Parker

as Girl in Bed

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