Michael Keaton plays a silver-tongued, lovable rogue in this light-hearted spin on One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest(1975), in which a group of four inmates from a psychiatric hospital slip the leash while on a day trip to New York to watch a baseball game when their doctor is waylaid by a pair of crooked cops.
He also benefits from a gallery of accomplished supporting players, most notably an anal-retentive Christopher Lloyd and Peter Boyle as the reformed advertising executive with a Christ complex.
Director Howard Zieff makes an occasional attempt at seriousness, but, for the most part, keeps the laughs flowing smoothly.
Billy Caulfield
Michael Keaton Henry Sikorsky
Christopher Lloyd Jack McDermott
Peter Boyle Albert Ianuzzi
Stephen Furst Dr Weitzman
Dennis Boutsikaris Riley
Lorraine Bracco Dr Newald
Milo O’Shea O’Malley
Philip Bosco Gianelli
James Remar Dr Talmer
Jack Gilpin Dr Verboven
MacIntyre Dixon Ed
Michael Lembeck
Director
Howard Zieff
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