Cain's Film

27m
Documentary
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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.

Cast

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

Crew

Jamie Wadhavan
Director, Writer
Richard Pratt
Cinematography
Davy Graham
Music
Shawn Phillips
Music

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