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Cast

Jack Nicholson
as Randle McMurphy

Louise Fletcher
as Nurse Ratched

William Redfield
as Harding

Will Sampson
as Chief Bromden

Danny DeVito
as Martini

Christopher Lloyd
as Taber

Brad Dourif
as Billy Bibbit

Michael Berryman
as Ellis

Peter Brocco
as Col. Matterson

Dean R. Brooks
as Dr. John Spivey

Scatman Crothers
as Turkle

Mwako Cumbuka
as Warren

William Duell
as Jim Sefelt

Josip Elic
as Bancini

Lan Fendors
as Nurse Itsu

Nathan George
as Washington

Alonzo Brown Jr.
as Miller

Ken Kenny
as Beans Garfield

Mel Lambert
as Harbor Master

Sydney Lassick
as Charlie Cheswick

Kay Lee
as Night Supervisor

Dwight Marfield
as Ellsworth

Ted Markland
as Hap Arlich

Sidney Lassick
as Charlie Cheswick

Louisa Moritz
as Rose

Phil Roth
as Woolsey

Mimi Sarkisian
as Nurse Pilbow

Vincent Schiavelli
as Frederickson

Paul Lambert

Marya Small
as Candy

Delos V. Smith
as Scanlon

Tim Welch
as Ruckley

Tom McCall
as News Commentator

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Critic Reviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Audience Reviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

• Aug 20, 2017

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is brimming with memorable characters. Films today just don't have that sense of story and character, it's more visual narrative and overacting. There's no overacting here, every performance is understated in their own unique way. Nurse Ratched, played by Louise Fletcher, is cool, calm and collected and yet her mannerisms exude terror. Her authoritative figure and soft spoken voice just adds to this, so much so that the patients in the state mental hospital are petrified of her. Randle McMurphy, played by Jack Nicholson, is just a common criminal who to start with plays along with the other patients. However, upon the realisation that he may not ever get out...he starts to find ways in order to escape. I found his performance captivating and clearly he is great and portraying crazy people, just look at The Shining. He is able to control the smaller scenes with his charisma and own the bigger crazier scenes with his excitable energy. His raucous behaviour puts the other patients at risk of certain procedures such as the controversial electro therapy. What really compelled me was the similarities between the mental patients and the outside world, to which McMurphy says that there is no difference. The screenplay for that scene, well every scene actually, brings life to each character. From the first 30 minutes, every character's personality and state of mind is indicated to us. There are no boring characters, each of them have unique qualities and that is something you don't see in every film. Loved the fishing boat scene, adored Chief's and McMurphy's friendship and appreciated the time and effort spent on character interactions. The way they talk to each other in the therapy sessions just felt natural, and to balance the screen time between them all was just genius. You just don't get films like these anymore.
  

  Luke A Super Reviewer
• Mar 26, 2016

  Equal parts uplifting and depressing, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is a darkly humorous look into the flawed psychiatric system of the 1960s - which makes the film even more impressive that it still holds relevance and importance today.
  Matthew M Super Reviewer
• Aug 04, 2014

  And this doesn't have a 100% rating on RT because...........?
  

  Liam G Super Reviewer
• Mar 30, 2014

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest rests largely on the shoulders of its leading man, but whenever Nicholson is onscreen the film is infectiously fun; its emotional depth ties in well with the comedic shenanigans.
  Isaac H Super Reviewer

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