Pull My Daisy

Is Holy Holy?

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.

• Release date
• November 11, 1959
• Runtime
• 26 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama
• Director
• Alfred Leslie

Cast

Jack Kerouac Narrator (voice) Allen Ginsberg Alan

G

Gregory Corso Gregory

P

Peter Orlovsky Peter

L

Larry Rivers Milo David Amram Mez McGillicuddy

R

Richard Bellamy Bishop

A

Alice Neel Bishop's Mother