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 Unowned
R.D. Laing Unowned
Jim Haynes narrator Unowned
Davy Graham Unowned
Shawn Phillips Unowned
Feliks Topolski Unowned