Cain's Film

Jamie Wadhavan
1969-07-29


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27 min

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

Name Character Team
Alexander Trocchi Unowned
William S. Burroughs Self Unowned
R.D. Laing Unowned
Jim Haynes Narrator Unowned
Davy Graham Self Unowned
Shawn Phillips Unowned
Feliks Topolski Unowned