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# One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975): cast and crew

34 cast and 42 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Jack Nicholson](https://film.one/person/jack-nicholson.md) as Randle Patrick McMurphy
- [Brad Dourif](https://film.one/person/brad-dourif.md) as Billy Bibbit
- [Louise Fletcher](https://film.one/person/louise-fletcher.md) as Nurse Mildred Ratched
- [Danny DeVito](https://film.one/person/danny-devito.md) as Martini
- [William Redfield](https://film.one/person/william-redfield.md) as Dale Harding
- [Scatman Crothers](https://film.one/person/scatman-crothers.md) as Orderly Turkle
- [Christopher Lloyd](https://film.one/person/christopher-lloyd.md) as Max Taber
- [Will Sampson](https://film.one/person/will-sampson.md) as Chief Bromden
- [Dean R. Brooks](https://film.one/person/dean-r-brooks.md) as Dr. John Spivey
- [Michael Berryman](https://film.one/person/michael-berryman.md) as Ellis
- [Sydney Lassick](https://film.one/person/sydney-lassick.md) as Charlie Cheswick
- [William Duell](https://film.one/person/william-duell.md) as Jim Sefelt
- [Vincent Schiavelli](https://film.one/person/vincent-schiavelli.md) as Bruce Fredrickson
- Peter Brocco as Col. Matterson
- Alonzo Brown as Miller
- Mwako Cumbuka as Warren
- Josip Elic as Bancini
- Ken Kenny as Beans Garfield
- Nathan George as Washington
- Ted Markland as Hap Arlich
- Louisa Moritz as Rose
- Mews Small as Candy
- Delos V. Smith Jr. as Scanlon
- Lan Fendors as Nurse Itsu
- Mimi Sarkisian as Nurse Pilbow
- Mel Lambert as Harbor Master
- Kay Lee as Night Supervisor
- Dwight Marfield as Ellsworth
- Tin Welch as Ruckley
- Philip Roth as Woolsey
- [Aurore Clément](https://film.one/person/aurore-clement.md) as Lady on Pier (uncredited)
- [Anjelica Huston](https://film.one/person/anjelica-huston.md) as Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)
- Audrey Landers as Actress on TV Screen (uncredited)
- [Saul Zaentz](https://film.one/person/saul-zaentz.md) as Captain on Shore (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Miloš Forman](https://film.one/person/milos-forman.md): Director
- [Irby Smith](https://film.one/person/irby-smith.md): Assistant Director
- Natalie Drache: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- Ken Kesey: Novel
- [Lawrence Hauben](https://film.one/person/lawrence-hauben.md): Screenplay
- [Bo Goldman](https://film.one/person/bo-goldman.md): Screenplay
- Dale Wasserman: Theatre Play

## Production

- [Michael Douglas](https://film.one/person/michael-douglas.md): Producer
- Jane Feinberg: Casting
- Mike Fenton: Casting
- [Saul Zaentz](https://film.one/person/saul-zaentz.md): Producer
- Martin Fink: Associate Producer
- Joel Chernoff: Executive In Charge Of Production
- Joel Douglas: Unit Production Manager

## Camera

- [Haskell Wexler](https://film.one/person/haskell-wexler.md): Director of Photography
- George Hill: Grip
- Dick Colean: Camera Operator
- [Robert C. Thomas](https://film.one/person/robert-c-thomas.md): Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Lynzee Klingman](https://film.one/person/lynzee-klingman.md): Editor
- [Sheldon Kahn](https://film.one/person/sheldon-kahn.md): Editor
- [Arthur Coburn](https://film.one/person/arthur-coburn.md): Assistant Editor
- Jay Miracle: Assistant Editor
- [Richard Chew](https://film.one/person/richard-chew.md): Supervising Film Editor
- [Bonnie Koehler](https://film.one/person/bonnie-koehler.md): Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- Pat Jackson: Sound Editor
- [Jack Nitzsche](https://film.one/person/jack-nitzsche.md): Original Music Composer
- Philip Rogers: Sound
- Ted Whitfield: Music Editor
- Larry Jost: Sound Recordist

## Art

- [Paul Sylbert](https://film.one/person/paul-sylbert.md): Production Design
- Joe Acord: Construction Coordinator
- Edwin O'Donovan: Art Direction
- Tom Bartholomew: Painter
- Wayne Fitzgerald: Title Designer
- Terry E. Lewis: Props

## Costume and make-up

- Fred B. Phillips: Makeup Artist
- [Aggie Guerard Rodgers](https://film.one/person/aggie-guerard-rodgers.md): Costume Design

## Lighting

- Kyle T. MacDowell: Electrician
- Gary H. Holt: Gaffer

## Crew

- Alan Gibbs: Stunts
- Irving Saraf: Post Production Supervisor
- Tom F. Thomas: Transportation Captain

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