Pull My Daisy
1959Based 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.
Acted in
Jack Kerouac
as Narrator
Allen Ginsberg
as Alan
Gregory Corso
as Gregory
Peter Orlovsky
as Peter
Larry Rivers
as Milo
David Amram
as Mez McGillicuddy
Richard Bellamy
as Bishop
Alice Neel
as Bishop's Mother
Sally Gross
as Bishop's Sister
Pablo Frank
as Pablo, Milo's son
Delphine Seyrig
as Milo's Wife
Denise Parker
as Girl in Bed
