1976 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Jack Nicholson
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
1976 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees

Dog Day Afternoon
Al Pacino

Give ’em Hell, Harry!
James Whitmore

The Man in the Glass Booth
Maximilian Schell
