Pull My Daisy
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.
Plot
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.
Cast
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| author | Jack Kerouac |
|---|---|
| director | Alfred Leslie Robert Frank |
| editor | Leon Prochnik |
| keywords | bohemian bohemianism carolyn carolyn cassady neal cassady |
| publisher | G-String Productions |
| theme | avant-garde and experimental short |