Pull My Daisy (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.
Comedy, Drama
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
- Delphine Seyrig — Milo's Wife
- Denise Parker — Girl in Bed
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