One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

2h 13m

8.4

8.4/10

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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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $3,000,000

Revenue: $108,981,275

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Fantasy Films

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

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Quick Facts

Release Date	November 19, 1975
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0073486

Cast

Jack Nicholson

Randle Patrick McMurphy

Brad Dourif

Billy Bibbit

Louise Fletcher

Nurse Mildred Ratched

Danny DeVito

Martini

William Redfield

Dale Harding

Scatman Crothers

Orderly Turkle

Christopher Lloyd

Max Taber

Will Sampson

Chief Bromden

Dean R. Brooks

Dr. John Spivey

Michael Berryman

Ellis

Sydney Lassick

Charlie Cheswick

William Duell

Jim Sefelt

Key Crew

Miloš Forman

Director

Bo Goldman

Screenplay

Lawrence Hauben