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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Drama set in a psychiatric hospital about a crook who inspires his fellow patients to assert themselves in the face of the hospital's oppressive routines.
Milos Forman's Oscar-winning adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel. Jack Nicholson plays McMurphy, a two-bit crook who, facing a jail sentence, feigns mental illness to be sentenced to a psychiatric hospital. But his plan backfires when the hospital turns out not to be the easy ride he expected, with its oppressive routines and a tyrannical head nurse who is out to quash any vestige of the patients' personal independence. Free-spirited McMurphy becomes a catalyst for the frustrations of his downtrodden fellow patients and a worthy adversary for the head nurse.
Last on
Fri 28 Feb 2014
23:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Wales
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| RP McMurphy | Jack Nicholson |
| Nurse Ratched | Louise Fletcher |
| Mr Harding | William Redfield |
| Chief Bromden | Will Sampson |
| Billy Bibbit | Brad Dourif |
| Colonel Matterson | Peter Brocco |
| Taber | Christopher Lloyd |
| Martini | Danny DeVito |
| Fredrickson | Vincent Schiavelli |
| Washington | Nathan George |
| Turkle | Scatman Crothers |
| Author | Ken Kesey |
| Director | Milos Forman |
| Ellis | Michael Berryman |
| Producer | Michael Douglas |
Broadcasts
Thu 11 Aug 2011 23:35- Sat 21 Apr 2012 21:55Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Sat 21 Apr 2012 22:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Tue 30 Jul 2013 23:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Wales
- Wed 31 Jul 2013 00:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales HD & Wales only
- Fri 28 Feb 2014 23:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Wales