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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

8.419752h 15mRMovieDrama

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.

DirectorMiloš Forman
WritersBo Goldman·Lawrence Hauben
ProducersMichael Douglas·Saul Zaentz

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Cast · Directed by Miloš Forman

JNJack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
Randle Patrick McMurphy
BDBrad Dourif
Brad Dourif
Billy Bibbit
LFLouise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher
Nurse Mildred Ratched
DDDanny DeVito
Danny DeVito
Martini
WRWilliam Redfield
William Redfield
Dale Harding
SCScatman Crothers
Scatman Crothers
Orderly Turkle
CLChristopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd
Max Taber
WSWill Sampson
Will Sampson
Chief Bromden
DBDean R. Brooks
Dean R. Brooks
Dr. John Spivey
MBMichael Berryman
Michael Berryman
Ellis
SLSydney Lassick
Sydney Lassick
Charlie Cheswick
WDWilliam Duell
William Duell
Jim Sefelt

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