
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.

as Randle Patrick McMurphy

as Billy Bibbit

as Nurse Mildred Ratched

as Martini

as Dale Harding

as Orderly Turkle

as Max Taber

as Chief Bromden

as Dr. John Spivey

as Ellis

as Charlie Cheswick

as Jim Sefelt

as Bruce Fredrickson

as Col. Matterson

as Miller

as Warren

as Bancini

as Beans Garfield

as Washington

as Hap Arlich

as Rose

as Candy

as Scanlon

as Nurse Itsu

as Nurse Pilbow

as Harbor Master

as Night Supervisor

as Ellsworth

as Ruckley

as Woolsey

as Lady on Pier (uncredited)

as Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)

as Actress on TV Screen (uncredited)

as Captain on Shore (uncredited)