Pull My Daisy
Is Holy Holy?
1959 | 26m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie |
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| Writer: | Jack Kerouac |
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| 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: | Nov 11, 1959 |
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| Director: | Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie |
| Writer: | Jack Kerouac |
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| Keywords | poetry, improvisation, beat generation, beat poetry |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
![Pull My Daisy - 1959 (Sub Ita) [Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso]](/extra_thumbs/_12rctV5Z84.jpg)
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jack Kerouac | Writer |
| Robert Frank | Director |
| Alfred Leslie | Director |
| David Amram | Music |
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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