One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Release: November 19, 1975 | Runtime: 2h 13m | Rating: 8.4
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
In this clean, orderly, disciplined world, who needs guys like McMurphy? Everybody.
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Main cast
- Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy
- Brad Dourif as Billy Bibbit
- Louise Fletcher as Nurse Mildred Ratched
- Danny DeVito as Martini
- William Redfield as Dale Harding
- Scatman Crothers as Orderly Turkle
- Christopher Lloyd as Max Taber
- Will Sampson as Chief Bromden
- Dean R. Brooks as Dr. John Spivey
- Michael Berryman as Ellis
- Sydney Lassick as Charlie Cheswick
- William Duell as Jim Sefelt
- Vincent Schiavelli as Bruce Fredrickson
- Peter Brocco as Col. Matterson
- Alonzo Brown as Miller
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What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest about?
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
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