One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975 • 133 min • R

“In this clean, orderly, disciplined world, who needs guys like McMurphy? Everybody.”

★ 8.4 / 10 (11,371 votes)

Drama

Synopsis

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.

About This Film

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 drama film directed by Miloš Forman. With a runtime of 133 minutes, the film has earned an audience rating of 8.4 out of 10 based on 11,371 votes on TMDB. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Brad Dourif, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito, William Redfield among its cast of 34 credited actors.

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

Crew