One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

- Good morning, Miss Ratched. - Good morning.

- Good morning, Miss Ratched. - Mr. Washington.

- Good morning, Miss Ratched. - Good morning.

- Good morning, Bancini. - Good morning.

How are you feeling?

Rested.

Medication time.

Medication time.

Okay, move it up!

Mr. Fredrickson, here.

Juice.

Chief.

Chief.

Okay, my friend, let's go.

Here are his papers, and I'm gonna need a signature.

Hi.

- Mr. McMurphy's here. - All right.

All right, I'm ready.

Okay. One pair of socks.

T-shirt.

Hi.

Goddamn, boy, you're as big as a mountain!

Looks like you might have played some football.

What's your name?

He can't hear you. He's deaf.

Deaf and dumb Indian.

Is that so?

Come on, Bibbit.

Can't even make a sound, huh?

How.

Club lead. Jack of clubs.

What's your name, son?

Billy Bibbit.

Glad to know you, Bill. McMurphy's mine.

That's old Charlie Cheswick's cards.

That's his ace of spades.

Your turn, Bill.

Big ten.

- Put one of them on it, will you? - Wait a minute.

Oh, I can win that one.

- I win. - Oh, you overtrumped?

- Sure. - Pinochle, Bill?

What's the bid?

Five... Five-fifty.

You like to look at other people's cards, do you?

Yes.

Ever seen this one?

- Come on, Martini. - Martini!

Martini, will you? Will you play a club?

Whose turn is it now?

Let's see, he trumped...

Where you going?

- Aren't you going to play? - What's the matter?

Aren't you gonna play, Martini?

Martini? I want to play.

Billy, I want to win some...

Get a grip on yourself, will you?

Get a grip on yourself, will you?

Yes?

- Mr. McMurphy's here, Doc. - Good, have him come in.

Thank you.

McMurphy, I'm Dr. Spivey.

Dr. Spivey, what a pleasure it is to meet you.

Sure. Pull up a chair, sit down and let's talk.

Sure.

R.P. McMurphy.

That's a hell of a fish there, Doc.

- Isn't that a dandy? - Yeah.

It's about 40 pounds, ain't it?

- No, 32. - Thirty-two.

But I'll tell you, it took every bit of strength I had...

...to hold it while the guy took the picture.

Every damn bit.

Probably that chain didn't help it any, either.

You didn't weigh the chain, did you?

No, I didn't weigh the chain.

But I'm awfully proud of that picture.

That's the first Chinooker I ever caught.

It's a nice one.

Randall Patrick McMurphy.

Thirty-eight years old.

What can you tell me about...

...why you've been sent over here?

Well...

I don't know.

What's it say there?

- Mind if I smoke? - No, go right ahead.

Well, it...

...says several things here.

It said you've been belligerent.

Talked when unauthorized.

You've been resentful in attitude towards work, in general. That you're lazy.

Chewing gum in class.

The real reason that you've been sent here...

...is because they wanted you to be evaluated.

To determine whether or not you're mentally ill.

This is the real reason.

Why do you think they might think that?

Well, as near as I can figure out, it's 'cause l...

...fight and fuck too much.

In the penitentiary?

No, no, no, you mean why...

Why did you get sent over here...

...from the work farm?

Well, I really don't know, Doc.

It says here that you went around...

- Let me just take a look... - It ain't up to me, you know.

One...

...two, three...

...four...

You've got at least...

...five arrests for assault.

What can you tell me about that?

Five fights, huh?

Rocky Marciano's got 40, and he's a millionaire.

- That's true. - That is true.

Of course, it's true that you went in for...

...statutory rape.

That's true, is it not, this time?

Absolutely true. But, Doc...

...she was 15 years old going on 35, Doc...

...and she told me she was 18, and she was...

...very willing, you know what I mean?

I practically had to take to sewing my pants shut.

But between you and me...

...she might have been 15. When you get that little red beaver...

...right there in front of you, I don't think it's crazy at all.

And I don't think you do, either.

I hear what you're saying.

No man alive could resist that. That's why I got into jail to begin with.

Now they're telling me I'm crazy over here...

...'cause I don't sit there like a goddamn vegetable.

It don't make a bit of sense to me.

If that's what being crazy is...

...then I'm senseless, out of it, gone down the road, whacko.

But, no more, no less. That's it.

To be honest with you, McMurphy...

...what it says here...

...is that...

...they think...

They think...

...you've been faking it in order to get out of your work detail.

- What do you think about that? - Do I look like that kind of guy to you?

Let's just be frank for a minute. All right, Randall, if you would.

Tell me...

Do you think there's anything wrong with your mind, really?

Not a thing, Doc.

I'm a goddamn marvel of modern science.

You're going to be here for a period, for us to evaluate you.

We're going to study you.

We'll make our determinations as to what we're going to do...

...and give you the necessary treatment as indicated.

Doc, let me just tell you this.

I'm here to cooperate with you a hundred percent.

A hundred percent.

I'll be just right down the line with you. You watch.

'Cause I think we ought to get to the bottom of...

...R.P. McMurphy.

...R.P. McMurphy.

The scythe.

I'm awfully tired.

Sit down.

I'm tired.

Is that better?

Mr. Ellsworth...

...you'll wear yourself out.

All right, gentlemen, let's begin.

At the close of Friday's meeting...

...we were discussing Mr. Harding's problem concerning his wife.

Mr. Harding stated that his wife made him uneasy...

...because she drew stares from men on the street.

Is that correct, Mr. Harding?

Yes.

That's correct.

He also thinks he may have given her reason...

...to seek sexual attention elsewhere, but he wasn't able to say how.

Mr. Harding has been heard to say to his wife:

"I hate you".

"I don't ever want to see you again".

"You've betrayed me".

So, does anyone care to touch on this further?

Mr. Scanlon, would you begin today?

Are you sure?

Billy, how about you?

No, no, ma'am.

I'd like to write in my book that you began the meeting.

Just once.

Mr. Martini?

Are you with us?

Yes.

Would you like to begin?

Mr. Cheswick?

- Me? - Yes.

You mean there's not a man here who has an opinion on this matter?

All right.

Mr. Harding...

...you've stated on more than one occasion...

...that you've suspected your wife of seeing other men.

Oh, yes!

Yes, very much, I suspect her.