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.
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
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)
Crew
Miloš Forman
Director
Bo Goldman
Screenplay
Lawrence Hauben
Screenplay
Ken Kesey
Novel
Richard Chew
Supervising Film Editor
Sheldon Kahn
Editor
Lynzee Klingman
Editor
Arthur Coburn
Assistant Editor
Bonnie Koehler
Assistant Editor
Jay Miracle
Assistant Editor
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Irby Smith
Assistant Director
Michael Douglas
Producer
Saul Zaentz
Producer
Martin Fink
Associate Producer
Paul Sylbert
Production Design
Dick Colean
Camera Operator
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Irving Saraf
Post Production Supervisor
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Mike Fenton
Casting
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
Fred B. Phillips
Makeup Artist
Pat Jackson
Sound Editor
Larry Jost
Sound Recordist
Philip Rogers
Sound
Jack Nitzsche
Original Music Composer
Ted Whitfield
Music Editor
Tom F. Thomas
Transportation Captain
Tom Bartholomew
Painter
Joe Acord
Construction Coordinator
Terry E. Lewis
Props
Natalie Drache
Script Supervisor
Kyle T. MacDowell
Electrician
Alan Gibbs
Stunts
George Hill
Grip
Gary H. Holt
Gaffer
Joel Douglas
Unit Production Manager
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Joel Chernoff
Executive In Charge Of Production
Dale Wasserman
Theatre Play
Edwin O'Donovan
Art Direction
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