One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
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.
Director: Milou0161 Forman
Writers: Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
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
Crew
- Editor: Lynzee Klingman
- Stunts: Alan Gibbs
- Editor: Sheldon Kahn
- Producer: Michael Douglas
- Sound Editor: Pat Jackson
- Novel: Ken Kesey
- Director: Milou0161 Forman
- Casting: Jane Feinberg
- Casting: Mike Fenton
- Director of Photography: Haskell Wexler
- Screenplay: Lawrence Hauben
- Original Music Composer: Jack Nitzsche
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.