One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Movie · 2h 13m · R
Drama
"In this clean, orderly, disciplined world, who needs guys like McMurphy? Everybody."
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.
Ratings
TMDB
8.4/10
Key crew
- Miloš FormanDirector
- Lawrence HaubenScreenplay
- Jack NitzscheOriginal Music Composer
- Bo GoldmanScreenplay
Cast
- Jack NicholsonRandle Patrick McMurphy
- Brad DourifBilly Bibbit
- Louise FletcherNurse Mildred Ratched
- Danny DeVitoMartini
- William RedfieldDale Harding
- Scatman CrothersOrderly Turkle
- Christopher LloydMax Taber
- Will SampsonChief Bromden
- Dean R. BrooksDr. John Spivey
- Michael BerrymanEllis
- Sydney LassickCharlie Cheswick
- William DuellJim Sefelt
Stills
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Themes
mentally disabledfriendshipbased on novel or booknurselunatic asylumaffectationinsane asylumoregon, usahospitalmedicationfemale villainshock treatment