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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest( 1975)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jack Nicholson

      Randle Patrick McMurphy

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      Brad Dourif

      Billy Bibbit

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      Louise Fletcher

      Nurse Mildred Ratched

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      Danny DeVito

      Martini

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      William Redfield

      Dale Harding

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      Scatman Crothers

      Orderly Turkle

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      Christopher Lloyd

      Max Taber

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      Will Sampson

      Chief Bromden

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      Dean R. Brooks

      Dr. John Spivey

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      Michael Berryman

      Ellis

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      Sydney Lassick

      Charlie Cheswick

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      William Duell

      Jim Sefelt

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      Vincent Schiavelli

      Bruce Fredrickson

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      Peter Brocco

      Col. Matterson

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      Alonzo Brown

      Miller

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      Mwako Cumbuka

      Warren

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      Josip Elic

      Bancini

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      Ken Kenny

      Beans Garfield

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      Nathan George

      Washington

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      Ted Markland

      Hap Arlich

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      Louisa Moritz

      Rose

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      Mews Small

      Candy

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      Delos V. Smith Jr.

      Scanlon

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      Lan Fendors

      Nurse Itsu

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      Mimi Sarkisian

      Nurse Pilbow

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      Mel Lambert

      Harbor Master

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      Kay Lee

      Night Supervisor

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      Dwight Marfield

      Ellsworth

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      Tin Welch

      Ruckley

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      Philip Roth

      Woolsey

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      Aurore Clément

      Lady on Pier (uncredited)

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      Anjelica Huston

      Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)

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      Audrey Landers

      Actress on TV Screen (uncredited)

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      Saul Zaentz

      Captain on Shore (uncredited)

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    A review by Charles Dance

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    Written by Charles Dance on Fri Feb 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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    3000000.00

    Revenue

    108981275.00

    Keywords

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