Cain's Film

Overview

A film about Alexander Trocchi. Scottish born poet, writer, translator and author of "Young Adam" and "Cain's Book". Part of the film was made at the old Arts Laboratory and includes a discussion with William Burroughs. A portrait of Alexander Trocchi, covering his history as a writer, his interest in drugs, his family life, and ‘Sigma’, the organisation he founded to bring together like-minded people.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 29, 1969

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Cast

William S. Burroughs,Jim Haynes,Feliks Topolski,Davy Graham,Alexander Trocchi,R.D. Laing,Shawn Phillips

Director

Jamie Wadhavan

Writer

Jamie Wadhavan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0407619