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|   | You've never met anyone like RANDLE PATRICK McMURPHY... the hero of KEN KESEY'S
 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
 
 HE's a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who
 swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over...
 
 HE's a lusty, profane, life-loving fighter who rallies the other
 patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of
 Big Nurse. He promotes gamlbing in the ward, smuggles in
 wine and women. At every turn, he openly defies her rule.
 
 The contest starts as sport (with McMurphy taking bets
on the outcome) but soon it develops into a grim struggle for
 the minds and hearts of the men, into an all-out war
 between two relentless opponents: Big Nurse, back by the
 full power of authority...McMurphy, who has only
 his own indomitable will.
 
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