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Pull My Daisy

6.1 / 10 6.1 1959 26m
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.

Directed by Alfred Leslie

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Jack Kerouac
Jack KerouacNarrator (voice)
Allen Ginsberg
Allen GinsbergAlan
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Gregory CorsoGregory
Peter Orlovsky
Peter OrlovskyPeter
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Larry RiversMilo
David Amram
David AmramMez McGillicuddy
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Richard BellamyBishop
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Alice NeelBishop's Mother
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