One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

  • R
  • 11/19/1975 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 13m

If he's crazy, what does that make you?

Overview

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.

Lawrence Hauben

Screenplay

Miloš Forman

Director

Bo Goldman

Screenplay

Ken Kesey

Novel

Cast

Jack Nicholson's headshot

Jack Nicholson

Randle Patrick McMurphy
Brad Dourif's headshot

Brad Dourif

Billy Bibbit
Louise Fletcher's headshot

Louise Fletcher

Nurse Mildred Ratched
Danny DeVito's headshot

Danny DeVito

Martini
William Redfield's headshot

William Redfield

Dale Harding
Scatman Crothers's headshot

Scatman Crothers

Orderly Turkle
Christopher Lloyd's headshot

Christopher Lloyd

Max Taber
Will Sampson's headshot

Will Sampson

Chief Bromden

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