Jack Kerouac's "beat" novel came to the screen with some significant changes in plot and character and the result was disappointing. Peppard is a Columbia graduate and former Olympic champion who turns his attention to noveling and searches for the meaning of life in San Francisco's
legendary North Beach. He comes across a coffee house coterie of beatniks and is taken by free spirit Caron (in the novel her character was black). They fall for each other, roll around the sack for a while, and when she becomes pregnant, decide to join society once again--together (they split
painfully in the book). Reputedly producer Freed intended to use a pair of unknown recent coll...
Released:
1960
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins