---
title: 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Miloš Forman'
released: '1975-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 133
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

1975 · R · 133 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American psychological comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson as a new patient at a mental institution and Louise Fletcher as the abusive head nurse. Will Sampson, Danny DeVito, Sydney Lassick, William Redfield, Christopher Lloyd, and Brad Dourif play supporting roles, with the latter two making their feature-film debuts and Sampson having never acted before.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Miloš Forman](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-forman)
- **Screenplay:** [Bo Goldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bo-goldman), [Lawrence Hauben](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-hauben)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jack Nitzsche](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nitzsche)
- **Producer:** [Michael Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-douglas), [Saul Zaentz](https://cinepixo.com/people/saul-zaentz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Haskell Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/haskell-wexler)
- **Editor:** [Sheldon Kahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheldon-kahn)

## Cast

- [Peter Brocco](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-brocco)
- [Nathan George](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathan-george)
- [Christopher Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lloyd)
- [Mews Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/mews-small)
- [Louise Fletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-fletcher) as Nurse Ratched
- [William Redfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-redfield) as Dale Harding
- [Sydney Lassick](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-lassick)
- [Tom McCall](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mccall)
- [Michael Berryman](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-berryman)
- [Brad Dourif](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-dourif)
- [Will Sampson](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-sampson) as Chief Bromden
- [Danny DeVito](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-devito)
- [Louisa Moritz](https://cinepixo.com/people/louisa-moritz)
- [Scatman Crothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/scatman-crothers)
- [Jack Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nicholson) as Randle McMurphy

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