1970s Movies Based on Books

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, Mental Illness, Mental Institution, Drama, Adaptation)

PLOT: In order to get out of doing his prison work duties, R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) convinces the guards that he is insane. They order him to the asylum. Upon his arrival at the mental institution, he establishes himself as a brash rebel and he rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), a woman who is more a dictator than a nurse. AUTHOR: Ken Kesey

1970s Movies Based On Books List

Movie Title	Book Title	Author
Deliverance (1972)	Deliverance	James Dickey
French Connection, The (1971)	French Connection, The	Robin Moore
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)	Murder on the Orient Express	Agatha Christie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Ken Kesey

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
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