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84% Critic Match
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“In this clean, orderly, disciplined world, who needs guys like McMurphy? Everybody.”
8.4 / 10• 1975• 2h 13m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Jack Nicholson
Randle Patrick McMurphy
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Miloš Forman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
