Pull My Daisy

The story

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 & crew

Jack KerouacNarrator (voice)

Allen GinsbergAlan

Gregory Corso

Gregory CorsoGregory

Peter OrlovskyPeter

Larry Rivers

Larry RiversMilo

David AmramMez McGillicuddy

Richard Bellamy

Richard BellamyBishop

Alice Neel

Alice NeelBishop's Mother

Sally Gross

Sally GrossBishop's Sister

Pablo Frank

Pablo FrankPablo, Milo's Son

Delphine SeyrigMilo's Wife

Denise Parker

Denise ParkerGirl in Bed