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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.

Release: 1969-07-29
Runtime: 27 min
Cast
Alexander Trocchi
Alexander Trocchi
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
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R.D. Laing
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Jim Haynes
Narrator
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Davy Graham
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Shawn Phillips
Shawn Phillips
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Feliks Topolski