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 . He was nominated on the "Heroes" list of AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains , but did not make the final list. In 2019 he was ranked by film magazine Empire as the 99th Greatest Movie Character of All Time.
13-1170: For other uses, see Randle (disambiguation) . Randle , as a surname or a given name , may refer to: Surname [ edit ] Betsy Randle (born 1955), American actress Bill Randle (1923–2004), American disc jockey, lawyer and university professor Brian Randle (born 1985), American NBA coach and basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Chasson Randle (born 1993), American college basketball player Ervin Randle (born 1962), National Football League linebacker and brother of John Randle Florence Randle ( fl. c. 1937 ), American photographer Frank Randle (1901–1957), English comedian Harry Randle (1906–1976), English footballer Ian Randle (born 1940), Jamaican publisher Jack Randle (1902–1990), English footballer Jerome Randle (born 1987), American college and professional basketball player John Randle (born 1967), retired National Football League defensive tackle and member of
26-549: A suicidal mess; and Chief Bromden, a selectively mute Native American. In the former, McMurphy sees a younger brother figure whom he wants to teach to have fun, while the latter is his only real confidant. McMurphy becomes ensnared in a number of power-games with Nurse Ratched. He ends up as the clear winner, reminding the other patients how to enjoy life and stand up for themselves, and persuading them to act out against Ratched's bullying. Ratched unsuccessfully tries to break his spirit through repeated shock therapy treatments. In
39-456: The Cuckoo's Nest and its film adaptation John Randle, in the 1993 horror anthology film Body Bags See also [ edit ] Randles , a list of people with the surname [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to
52-1825: The Pro Football Hall of Fame John Randle (physician) (1855–1928), West African doctor active in politics in Lagos, now in Nigeria, in the colonial era. John Niel Randle (1917–1944), British captain and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross Joseph Randle (born 1991), National Football League running back Julius Randle (born 1994), American basketball player Kevin D. Randle (born 1949), ufologist Lenny Randle (born 1949), retired Major League Baseball player Lynda Randle (born 1962), African-American singer of southern gospel Mary Jo Randle (born 1954), English actress Michael Randle (born 1933), British peace activist who helped Soviet spy George Blake escape from prison Philip Randle (1926–2006), medical researcher Rodger Randle (born 1943), American politician Roger Randle (born 1974), New Zealand rugby union footballer Rueben Randle (born 1991), National Football League wide receiver Sonny Randle (1936–2017), sportscaster and former National Football League player and college coach Tate Randle (born 1959), retired National Football League cornerback Theresa Randle (born 1964), American actress Valerie Randle (born 1953), Welsh materials engineer and professor at Swansea University Vicki Randle (born 1954), American singer, musician and composer; first and only female member of The Tonight Show Band Given name [ edit ] Randle Ayrton (1869–1940), British actor, producer and director Randle Chowning (born 1950), American singer-songwriter best known as
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78-591: The founder of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils Randle Cotgrave (died 1634?), English lexicographer Randle Wilbraham Falconer (1816–1881), British medical doctor and writer Randle Holme , name shared by four family members who were painters and genealogists in Chester, Cheshire, England, from the late 16th to early 18th centuries Fictional characters [ edit ] Randle McMurphy , protagonist of Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over
91-662: The hospital's orderlies . For this, Ratched has McMurphy lobotomized , which is to be seen as a kind of castration: "If she [Ratched] can’t cut below the belt she’ll do it above the eyes". Chief Bromden, seeing what Ratched has done to McMurphy, smothers him with a pillow in an act of euthanasia , and then breaks a window to flee from the asylum, fulfilling McMurphy's wish for him to be free. Nurse Ratched, meanwhile, has been rendered unable to speak after McMurphy's assault, breaking her hold over her patients. Richard Gray considers McMurphy "swaggering, bold, and with an incorrigible sense of humor" and an "authentic Irish rebel ... who offers
104-513: The inmates the example and chance of independence." Further, Glen O. Gabbard and Krin Gabbard, the authors of Psychiatry and the Cinema , write that McMurphy "becomes a Christ figure for whom shock therapy is the crown of thorns and lobotomy the cross ". McMurphy's domination of Ratched is described as a heroic sacrifice, for the redemption and freedom of the men of the ward. When Ratched returns to
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130-422: The mental institution is run by the tyrannical Nurse Ratched , who has cowed the patients into submission. McMurphy makes it his mission to flout Ratched's regime of rules and punishment and to liberate the other patients from her grip. During his short stay at the hospital, McMurphy forms deep friendships with two of his fellow patients: Billy Bibbit, a manchild who has a stutter , whom Ratched has dominated into
143-405: The novel's climax, McMurphy sneaks two prostitutes into the ward to take Billy's virginity , while he and the others throw a party. Ratched catches them and threatens to tell Billy's mother—the only woman he fears more than her—which terrifies him so much that he commits suicide by slitting his throat. Enraged, McMurphy assaults her and chokes her nearly to death, but is knocked unconscious by one of
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#1732859166611156-521: The ward following the attack, she is bruised and fearful, and no longer has the same measure of control over her patients due to McMurphy exposing her vulnerabilities. McMurphy has been played on stage by Jérôme Pradon , Kirk Douglas , Leonard Nimoy , Aleksandr Abdulov , Gary Sinise , Christian Slater , Shane Richie , Martin Sheen , Roman Wilhelmi , (Polish adaptation), Bernard Tapie (French adaptation), Ibrahim Amr, (Egyptian adaptation), Jeff Smith at
169-495: Was a POW during the war and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for leading a breakout from a Chinese camp, but was dishonorably discharged for insubordination. He is sentenced to serve six months at a prison work farm, but feigns insanity after two months in order to be transferred to a mental institution, where he expects to serve the rest of his time in comparative comfort and luxury. McMurphy's ward in
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