One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest movie poster

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

8.4/10

Rating

133 min

Runtime

1975

Release Year

Miloš Forman

Director

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Brad Dourif, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito, William Redfield

Quick Synopsis

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.

Full Plot Summary of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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.

Related Movie Synopses