Pull My Daisy

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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Cast

Jack Kerouac

Narrator (voice)

Allen Ginsberg

Alan

Gregory Corso

Gregory

Peter Orlovsky

Peter

Larry Rivers

Milo

David Amram

Mez McGillicuddy

Richard Bellamy

Bishop

Alice Neel

Bishop's Mother

Sally Gross

Bishop's Sister

Pablo Frank

Pablo, Milo's Son