Released:
1959-11-11

Overview:
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.

Directors:
Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie

Runtime:
0h 26min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

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