One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Synopsis

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.

Main 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