" The doctor reminds McMurphy of his five arrests for assault, to which McMurphy replies: "Five fights, huh? Rocky Marciano""s got forty and he""s a millionaire.He played the tape that recited one of the book""s passages, thereby awakening evil, demonic forces in the woods and infecting Linda.After she shuts her door, he slowly turns toward the camera with a smile on his lip-stick stained lips." This farce was loosely based on George S.Kaufman""s hit musical play, and developed from a screenplay by Morrie Ryskind.The central event was a party scheduled at the sprawling Long Island estate mansion of wealthy dowager Mrs.Even more time was necessary o edit the dozens of shots that make up each match.The domestic fighting and other battles in La Motta""spersonallife compose he remainder of the film.]Plot SynopsisExcept for the bold red lettering for the title of he film, the rest of the film""s credits are white, superimposed on a grainy, black-and white scene.