Movie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1975-11-19
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fantasy Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
Crew
- Miloš Forman - Director
- Bo Goldman - Screenplay
- Lawrence Hauben - Screenplay
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