Pull My Daisy

IMDb 6.0 1959 • 26 min • ComedyDrama

Director

Robert Frank

Country

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac Narrator (voice)
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg Alan
Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso Gregory
Peter Orlovsky
Peter Orlovsky Peter
Larry Rivers
Larry Rivers Milo