Pull My Daisy
1959· 26 min· United States
ComedyDrama
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.
- Director
- Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie
- Country
- United States
- Awards
- 1 win
Cast
JK
Jack Kerouac
AG
Allen Ginsberg
GC
Gregory Corso
AN
Alice Neel
LR
Larry Rivers
PO
Peter Orlovsky
DS
Delphine Seyrig