One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“In this clean, orderly, disciplined world, who needs guys like McMurphy? Everybody.”
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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Cast
34 people
Jack Nicholson
Randle Patrick McMurphy
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The Shining
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Brad Dourif
Billy Bibbit
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Chucky
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Louise Fletcher
Nurse Mildred Ratched
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Cruel Intentions
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Danny DeVito
Martini
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Batman Returns
The Lorax
William Redfield
Dale Harding
Known for
Death Wish
Fantastic Voyage
Scatman Crothers
Orderly Turkle
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The Shining
The Aristocats
Christopher Lloyd
Max Taber
Known for
Back to the Future
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Will Sampson
Chief Bromden
Known for
Orca
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Dean R. Brooks
Dr. John Spivey
Also in
The Doctor in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Michael Berryman
Ellis
Known for
The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
Weird Science
Sydney Lassick
Charlie Cheswick
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Carrie
Alligator
William Duell
Jim Sefelt
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Police Squad!
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Miloš Forman Director · Bo Goldman Screenplay Lawrence Hauben Screenplay
Worldwide gross $109M · Budget $3M · United States release November 19, 1975
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$108,981,275
Gross vs. budget
36.3×
Production
Fantasy Films
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
United Artists Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · November 19, 1975
Physical
United States · November 19, 1975
Theatrical
United States · December 17, 1997
Physical · DVD
Australia
April 1, 1976 · Theatrical
September 11, 1984 · Physical · VHS
Austria
March 4, 1976 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 28, 1976 · Theatrical
Canada
December 19, 1975 · Theatrical
September 6, 2025 · Limited theatrical
China
April 16, 2026 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Finland
November 19, 1975 · Theatrical
December 19, 2025 · Theatrical · 50th anniversary re-release
France
March 1, 1976 · Theatrical
May 21, 2025 · Premiere · Cannes Classics - 4K Restoration
September 20, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
Germany
March 18, 1976 · Theatrical
Greece
March 12, 1976 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 19, 1977 · Theatrical
January 1, 1998 · Physical · VHS
April 15, 2003 · Physical · DVD
February 11, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
May 14, 1976 · Theatrical
Italy
March 12, 1976 · Theatrical
Japan
April 16, 1976 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 3, 1976 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 15, 1976 · Theatrical
April 1, 2004 · TV · Net 5
January 23, 2008 · Physical · DVD
January 12, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
June 23, 2011 · Theatrical · re-release
November 20, 2025 · Theatrical · 50th anniversary re-release
Poland
October 1, 1979 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 21, 1976 · Theatrical
Russia
May 25, 2001 · Physical · DVD
October 19, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
May 27, 2021 · Theatrical
May 5, 2022 · Theatrical · re-release
September 11, 2025 · Theatrical · re-release
South Korea
September 17, 1977 · Theatrical
Spain
October 7, 1976 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 26, 1976 · Theatrical
September 9, 1995 · TV · SVT
April 6, 1998 · Physical · VHS
March 10, 1999 · Physical · DVD
Ukraine
June 10, 2021 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 26, 1976 · Theatrical
September 7, 1987 · Physical
August 7, 1991 · Physical
May 20, 1993 · Physical
April 1, 1998 · Physical
April 14, 2017 · Theatrical
XC
February 1, 1990 · Theatrical
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