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.
- Released
- 1959-11-11
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 26 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 30 votes
Cast
- 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