Pull My Daisy (1959)

Name: Pull My Daisy
Director: Robert Frank
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1959-11-11
Duration: 26 min
Cast: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky

Comedy Drama

Director: Robert Frank

Cast: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky

Runtime26 min

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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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Pull My Daisy is a 1959 American black and white short film directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie and starring Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Peter Orlovsky. It was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation.