One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

If he's crazy, what does that make you?

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.

Drama

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)

Vincent Schiavelli

(Bruce Fredrickson)

Peter Brocco

(Col. Matterson)

Alonzo Brown

(Miller)

Mwako Cumbuka

(Warren)

Josip Elic

(Bancini)

Ken Kenny

(Beans Garfield)

Nathan George

(Washington)

Ted Markland

(Hap Arlich)

Louisa Moritz

(Rose)

Mews Small

(Candy)

Delos V. Smith Jr.

(Scanlon)

Lan Fendors

(Nurse Itsu)

Mimi Sarkisian

(Nurse Pilbow)

Mel Lambert

(Harbor Master)

Kay Lee

(Night Supervisor)

Dwight Marfield

(Ellsworth)

Tin Welch

(Ruckley)

Philip Roth

(Woolsey)

Aurore Clément

(Lady on Pier (uncredited))

Anjelica Huston

(Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited))

Audrey Landers

(Actress on TV Screen (uncredited))

Saul Zaentz

(Captain on Shore (uncredited))