Pull My Daisy (1959)
26m
Running Time
November 11, 1959Release Date

Plot.
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 & Crew.

Jack Kerouac
Narrator (voice) / Writer

Allen Ginsberg
Alan

Gregory Corso
Gregory

Peter Orlovsky
Peter

Larry Rivers
Milo

David Amram
Mez McGillicuddy / Music

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

Alfred Leslie
Director

Robert Frank
Director

Leon Prochnik
Editor
Media.







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This Movie Is About.
poetry
beat generation
short
new york
black and white
improvisation
beat poetry
Wiki.
Pull My Daisy is a 1959 American short film directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, and adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation.
Kerouac also provided improvised narration. It features poets Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso, artists Larry Rivers and Alice Neel, musician David Amram, art dealer Richard Bellamy, Delphine Seyrig, dancer Sally Gross, and Pablo Frank, Robert Frank's son.
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