one flew over the cuckoo's nest

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.

Drama ꞏ mentally disabled ꞏ friendship ꞏ based on novel or book ꞏ nurse ꞏ lunatic asylum ꞏ insane asylum ꞏ oregon ꞏ usa ꞏ hospital ꞏ medication ꞏ female villain ꞏ shock treatment