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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975·133 min

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Directed by Miloš Forman

Drama

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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Randle Patrick McMurphy

Billy Bibbit

Louise Fletcher

Nurse Mildred Ratched

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Lawrence Hauben

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Michael Douglas

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What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest about?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) is about 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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Miloš Forman directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).

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