One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

133 mins | Drama | Nov. 19, 1975

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.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

133 mins | Drama | Nov. 19, 1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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.
IMDb rating 8.7
Producers United Artists, Fantasy Films
Original title One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Directors Natalie Drache, Irby Smith, Miloš Forman
Writers Dale Wasserman, Lawrence Hauben, Ken Kesey, Bo Goldman

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

Mwako Cumbuka

as Warren

Josip Elic

as Bancini

Ken Kenny

as Beans Garfield

Nathan George

as Washington

Ted Markland

as Hap Arlich

Louisa Moritz

as Rose

Mews Small

as Candy

Delos V. Smith Jr.

as Scanlon

Lan Fendors

as Nurse Itsu

Mimi Sarkisian

as Nurse Pilbow

Mel Lambert

as Harbor Master

Kay Lee

as Night Supervisor

Dwight Marfield

as Ellsworth

Tin Welch

as Ruckley

Philip Roth

as Woolsey

Aurore Clément

as Lady on Pier (uncredited)

Anjelica Huston

as Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)

Audrey Landers

as Actress on TV Screen (uncredited)

Saul Zaentz

as Captain on Shore (uncredited)