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8.4

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

R·1975·133m

Drama

Summary

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.

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

Vincent Schiavelli

Bruce Fredrickson

Peter Brocco

Col. Matterson

Alonzo Brown

Miller

Mwako Cumbuka

Warren

Josip Elic

Bancini

Ken Kenny

Beans Garfield

Nathan George

Washington

Ted Markland

Hap Arlich

Louisa Moritz

Rose

Mews Small

Candy

Delos V. Smith Jr.

Scanlon

Lan Fendors

Nurse Itsu

Mimi Sarkisian

Nurse Pilbow

Mel Lambert

Harbor Master

Kay Lee

Night Supervisor

Dwight Marfield

Ellsworth

Tin Welch

Ruckley

Philip Roth

Woolsey

Aurore Clément

Lady on Pier (uncredited)

Anjelica Huston

Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)

Audrey Landers

Actress on TV Screen (uncredited)

Saul Zaentz

Captain on Shore (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Miloš Forman

Novel

Ken Kesey

Screenplay

Bo Goldman

Screenplay

Lawrence Hauben

Theatre Play

Dale Wasserman

Reviews

Charles Dance

February 17, 2017

**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 not notice the scars on McMurphy's head and simply thought the unresponsive McMurphy was ignoring him - so the Chief kills him in a fit of rage. Ridiculous.

The Chief killed McMurphy as an act of _kindness_. Chief was releasing McMurphy - a once spirited man now reduced to a vegetable thanks to the control freak, _Nurse Wretched._

This classic movie still holds up after all these years and is a compelling story of blossoming friendships in a lunatic asylum. Nicholson shines in his best performance and is ably supported by Christopher Lloyd, Brad Dourif and Danny DeVito.