A Dangerous Man?Uh oh. How's this one gonna go?When R.P McMurphy first enters the mental hospital, we might not be sure what to think of him. He is, to put it simply, a wild card. First of all, com...

Giver of Orders Nurse Mildred Ratched is a real piece of work, don't you think? She's pretty much every rebel's worst nightmare—a Dolores Umbridge for the over-30 set. In the opening scene of thi...

We've got to give some major props to Chief Bromden for sheer cleverness and heart. While we may track McMurphy for most of the movie, there's a pretty convincing argument to be made that Bromden's...

Mr. Harding stays in the hospital voluntarily because he doesn't think he's capable of living in the outside world. He might also be gay, as he reveals when he says to Taber, "Suppose I am." He'd B...

Billy has a confidence problem.That's highlighted by the way he stutters uncontrollably whenever he's asked a difficult question. Billy might have mental illness, but he's also a young man deep dow...

Of all the nervous dudes who live on the mental ward, Cheswick is the most nervous of them all. It takes very little to make him fall to pieces with anxiety. That's why McMurphy tries to help him b...

Washington is the orderly that we get to know best in this movie. He follows Nurse Ratched's orders and runs a tight ship. But we also see his personality come out in moments where he tries to talk...

Max Taber is a wild card among the men on the mental ward because apart from McMurphy, he seems to be the one who is least afraid. That might have something to do with the fact that unlike most of...

Candy Star is McMurphy's lady friend who, like McMurphy, is a free spirit and not afraid of breaking the rules. She even thinks it's kind of cool when McMurphy introduces her to the patients from t...

One Flew's mental hospital is populated by many other patients, all with varying issues and varying levels of prominence. These patients mainly serve to show the power of McMurphy's influence in th...