Comedy ·Drama · 1959 · 26m

Pull My Daisy

Pull My Daisy poster
Director
Robert FrankAlfred Leslie
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
Crew
Jack Kerouac — Writer
Tagline

Is Holy Holy?

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
new york citypoetryblack and whiteimprovisationbeat generationbeat poetryshort film
Key Collaborators
Robert Frank Director Alfred Leslie Director Jack Kerouac Writer
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