Pull My Daisy

Story

Synopsis

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

Alfred Leslie, Robert Frank

Writers

Jack Kerouac

Language

English

Release date

11 November 1959

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Jack Kerouac

  Narrator (voice)

• 

  Allen Ginsberg

  Alan

• Gregory Corso

  Gregory

• 

  Peter Orlovsky

  Peter

• Larry Rivers

  Milo

• 

  David Amram

  Mez McGillicuddy

• Richard Bellamy

  Bishop

• Alice Neel

  Bishop's Mother

• Sally Gross

  Bishop's Sister

• Pablo Frank

  Pablo, Milo's Son

• 

  Delphine Seyrig

  Milo's Wife

• Denise Parker

  Girl in Bed