Top billed cast

1. 

   Jack Nicholson

   Randle Patrick McMurphy

2. 

   Brad Dourif

   Billy Bibbit

3. 

   Louise Fletcher

   Nurse Mildred Ratched

4. 

   Danny DeVito

   Martini

5. 

   William Redfield

   Dale Harding

6. 

   Scatman Crothers

   Orderly Turkle

7. 

   Christopher Lloyd

   Max Taber

8. 

   Will Sampson

   Chief Bromden

9. 

   Dean R. Brooks

   Dr. John Spivey

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-03-12

“McMurphy” (Jack Nicholson) is a veteran with an attitude who has pled insanity to escape his latest court appearance on a charge of statutory rape. He is sent to an evaluation hospital where they are to decide just what, if anything, is wrong with him. His smart-assed confidence endears him to some of his fellow inmates, especially the impressionable “Billy” (Brad Dourif) but also earns him the instant enmity of the chief nurse “Ratched” (Louise Fletcher) who is used to ruling with a psychological rod of iron augmented by pils, pills and more pills. Initially, “Mac” is simply ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,000,000.00

Revenue
$108,981,275.00

Keywords

• mentally disabled
• friendship
• based on novel or book
• nurse
• lunatic asylum
• affectation
• insane asylum
• oregon, usa
• hospital
• medication
• female villain
• shock treatment
• medical drama
• psychological drama
• brisk
• derisive
• informative