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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

8.4

Released November 19, 1975Runtime 2h 13min

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fantasy Films

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $3,000,000
Revenue: $108,981,275
Profit/Loss: $105,981,275

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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

Vincent SchiavelliBruce Fredrickson

Peter BroccoCol. Matterson

Alonzo BrownMiller

Mwako CumbukaWarren

Josip ElicBancini

Ken KennyBeans Garfield

Nathan GeorgeWashington

Ted MarklandHap Arlich

Louisa MoritzRose

Mews SmallCandy

Delos V. Smith Jr.Scanlon

Lan FendorsNurse Itsu

Mimi SarkisianNurse Pilbow

Mel LambertHarbor Master

Kay LeeNight Supervisor

Dwight MarfieldEllsworth

Tin WelchRuckley

Philip RothWoolsey

Aurore ClémentLady on Pier (uncredited)

Anjelica HustonWoman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)

Audrey LandersActress on TV Screen (uncredited)

Saul ZaentzCaptain on Shore (uncredited)

Crew

Miloš FormanDirector

Irby SmithAssistant Director

Natalie DracheScript Supervisor

Ken KeseyNovel

Lawrence HaubenScreenplay

Bo GoldmanScreenplay

Dale WassermanTheatre Play

Saul ZaentzProducer

Michael DouglasProducer

Jane FeinbergCasting

Mike FentonCasting

Martin FinkAssociate Producer

Joel ChernoffExecutive In Charge Of Production

Joel DouglasUnit Production Manager

Sheldon KahnEditor

Alan GibbsStunts

Lynzee KlingmanEditor

Jack NitzscheOriginal Music Composer

Pat JacksonSound Editor

Haskell WexlerDirector of Photography

Fred B. PhillipsMakeup Artist

Paul SylbertProduction Design

Aggie Guerard RodgersCostume Design

Dick ColeanCamera Operator

George HillGrip

Philip RogersSound

Kyle T. MacDowellElectrician

Joe AcordConstruction Coordinator

Edwin O'DonovanArt Direction

Richard ChewSupervising Film Editor

Bonnie KoehlerAssistant Editor

Arthur CoburnAssistant Editor

Irving SarafPost Production Supervisor

Ted WhitfieldMusic Editor

Jay MiracleAssistant Editor

Tom BartholomewPainter

Tom F. ThomasTransportation Captain

Robert C. ThomasCamera Operator

Wayne FitzgeraldTitle Designer

Larry JostSound Recordist

Terry E. LewisProps

Gary H. HoltGaffer

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Reviews

by Charles Dance

**Subject to the silliest of internet theories** There are a lot of movie theories but the silliest of all is this nonsense that is all over the internet claiming that _the Chief killed the unresponsive McMurphy because he thought McMurphy was ignoring him._ These idiots claim the Chief did ...

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_One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest_ tells the story of a criminal, Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), who pleads insanity in the attempt to get a more lenient sentence. Sent to a mental hospital, he livens up the otherwise monotonous lives of the patients, much to the ire of the strict head nu...

“McMurphy” (Jack Nicholson) is a veteran with an attitude who has pled insanity to escape his latest court appearance on a charge of statutory rape. He is sent to an evaluation hospital where they are to decide just what, if anything, is wrong with him. His smart-assed confidence endears him to som...