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.
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Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy
Brad Dourif as Billy Bibbit
Louise Fletcher as Nurse Mildred Ratched
Danny DeVito as Martini
William Redfield as Dale Harding
Scatman Crothers as Orderly Turkle
Christopher Lloyd as Max Taber
Will Sampson as Chief Bromden
Dean R. Brooks as Dr. John Spivey
Michael Berryman as Ellis
Sydney Lassick as Charlie Cheswick
William Duell as Jim Sefelt
Vincent Schiavelli as Bruce Fredrickson
Peter Brocco as Col. Matterson
Alonzo Brown as Miller
Mwako Cumbuka as Warren
Josip Elic as Bancini
Ken Kenny as Beans Garfield
Nathan George as Washington
Ted Markland as Hap Arlich
Louisa Moritz as Rose
Mews Small as Candy
Delos V. Smith Jr. as Scanlon
Lan Fendors as Nurse Itsu
Mimi Sarkisian as Nurse Pilbow
Mel Lambert as Harbor Master
Kay Lee as Night Supervisor
Dwight Marfield as Ellsworth
Tin Welch as Ruckley
Philip Roth as Woolsey
Aurore Clément as Lady on Pier (uncredited)
Anjelica Huston as Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)
Audrey Landers as Actress on TV Screen (uncredited)