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  2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The book is narrated by Chief Bromden, a gigantic half-Native American patient at a psychiatric hospital, who presents himself as deaf, mute, and docile. Bromden's tale focuses mainly on the antics of the rebellious Randle Patrick McMurphy, who faked insanity to serve his sentence for battery and gambling in the hospital rather than at a prison work farm.

  3. Randle McMurphy - Wikipedia

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    Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy (also known as R.P. McMurphy) is the protagonist of Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962). He appears in the stage and film adaptations of the novel as well. Jack Nicholson portrayed Randle Patrick McMurphy in the 1975 film adaptation, earning him an Academy Award for Best Actor.

  4. Nurse Ratched - Wikipedia

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    McMurphy helps organize an unauthorized party late one evening, and they invite two prostitute friends, Sandra and Candy, into the asylum. After noticing fellow patient Billy Bibbitt has a crush on Candy, McMurphy encourages her to have sex with him. Ratched catches Billy and Candy in the act. Furious, she threatens to tell his mother.

  5. Psychiatric Patients Go On Strike - AOL

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    In Ken Kesey's classic 1962 novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Randle McMurphy leads an uprising in his ward against the despotic Nurse Ratched, raising the question: Who are the real ...

  6. Louise Fletcher, Oscar-winning actor who played Nurse ... - AOL

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    Louise Fletcher, who gave an Oscar-winning performance playing villainous Nurse Ratched in 1975's 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' died Friday.

  7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play) - Wikipedia

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    In 1982 Greg Hersov directed a production at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Jonathan Hackett as Randle McMurphy, Linda Marlowe as Nurse Ratched and Tim McInnerny as Billy Bibbitt. [5] In April 1988, the Playhouse Theatre was the site for the first London production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The play was brought to the London ...

  8. A man, a bike and a gun: Police search for evidence to solve ...

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    Here’s what authorities are still trying to find: The confirmed identity of the suspect. The weapon used in the shooting. The bicycle the suspect used to get away

  9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film) - Wikipedia

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    McMurphy and Chief prepare to escape, inviting Billy to come with them. Billy refuses but asks for a "date" with Candy; McMurphy arranges for him to have sex with her. McMurphy and the others get drunk, and McMurphy falls asleep instead of escaping with Chief. Ratched arrives in the morning to find the ward in disarray; most patients have ...