What Happened to Kerouac?

Name: What Happened to Kerouac?
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1986-04-16
Duration: 1 h 36 min

1986, English. Directed by Richard Lerner & Lewis MacAdams.

An investigation of the king of the Beat Generation.

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Runtime: 1h 36m
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Language: English
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What Happened to Kerouac? (1986) was directed by Richard Lerner and Lewis MacAdams.