One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

(1975)

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Overview

While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.

Featured Crew

Lawrence Hauben

Screenplay
Ken Kesey

Novel
Bo Goldman

Screenplay
Miloš Forman

Director

Top Billed Cast

Jack Nicholson

Randle Patrick McMurphy
Louise Fletcher

Nurse Mildred Ratched
Danny DeVito

Martini
William Redfield

Harding
Scatman Crothers

Orderly Turkle

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A review by Charles Dance

8.0

By Charles Dance

Subject to the silliest of internet theories

There are a lot of movie theories but the silliest of all is this nonsense that is all over the internet claiming that the Chief killed the unresponsive McMurphy because he thought McMurphy was ignoring him.

These idiots claim the Chief did not notice the scars on McMurphy's head and simply thought the unresponsive McMurphy was ignoring him - so the Chief kills him in a fit of rage. Ridiculous.

The Chief killed McMurphy as an act of kindness. Chief was releasing McMurphy - a once spirited man now reduced to a vegetable thanks to the... read the rest.

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