Cain's Film (1969)
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.
- Date of release
- 1969-07-29
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Jamie Wadhavan
Casting
- Alexander Trocchi
- William S. Burroughs — Self
- R.D. Laing
- Jim Haynes — Narrator
- Davy Graham — Self
- Shawn Phillips
- Feliks Topolski
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