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)