Pull My Daisy

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.

Cast

Jack Kerouac

Narrator (voice)

Allen Ginsberg

Alan

N/A

Gregory Corso

Gregory

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Peter Orlovsky

Peter

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Larry Rivers

Milo

David Amram

Mez McGillicuddy

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Richard Bellamy

Bishop

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Alice Neel

Bishop's Mother

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Sally Gross

Bishop's Sister

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Pablo Frank

Pablo, Milo's Son

Delphine Seyrig

Milo's Wife

N/A

Denise Parker

Girl in Bed