One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

26/02/1976 (GB)
Drama
2h 13m

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

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.

  • Miloš FormanDirector
  • Lawrence HaubenScreenplay
  • Bo GoldmanScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $3,000,000

  • Revenue

    $108,981,275

Keywords

  • mentally disabled
  • friendship
  • based on novel or book
  • nurse
  • lunatic asylum
  • insane asylum
  • oregon, usa
  • hospital
  • medication
  • female villain
  • shock treatment
  • informative

Top Billed Cast

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

Randle Patrick McMurphy

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Billy Bibbit

Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher

Nurse Mildred Ratched

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Martini

William Redfield

William Redfield

Dale Harding

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

Orderly Turkle

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

Max Taber

Will Sampson

Will Sampson

Chief Bromden

Dean R. Brooks

Dean R. Brooks

Dr. John Spivey

Michael Berryman

Michael Berryman

Ellis

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