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The Exorcist

1973, drama, horror, suspense

122 minutes

When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die, the girl's mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the devil--and that her daughter's only...

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Cast

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Chris MacNeil

Linda Blair

Linda Blair

Regan MacNeil

Jason Miller

Father Damien Karras

Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

Father Lankester Merrin

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Lt. Bill Kinderman

William O'Malley

Father Joseph Kevin Dyer

Kitty Winn

Kitty Winn

Sharon Spencer

Jack MacGowran

Jack MacGowran

Burke Dennings

Barton Heyman

Barton Heyman

Dr. Klein

Peter Masterson

Peter Masterson

Dr. Barringer

Robert Symonds

Dr. Taney

Arthur Storch

Psychiatrist

Vasiliki Maliaros

Mary Karras

Titos Vandis

Titos Vandis

Uncle John

John Mahon

Language Lab Director

Wallace Rooney

Bishop Michael

Ron Faber

Chuck / Demon (voice)

Donna Mitchell

Donna Mitchell

Mary Jo Perrin

Roy Cooper

Roy Cooper

Jesuit Dean

Robert Gerringer

Senator at Party

Mercedes McCambridge

Demon (voice)

Paul Bateson

Radiologist's Assistant (uncredited)

Elinore Blair

Nurse (uncredited)

William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty

The Producer (uncredited)

Mary Boylan

First Mental Patient (uncredited)

Dick Callinan

Astronaut (uncredited)

Mason Curry

Doctor (voice) (uncredited)

Toni Darnay

Violent psychotic patient (uncredited)

Eileen Dietz

Eileen Dietz

Demon / Regan Double (uncredited)

Joanne Dusseau

Senator's Wife (uncredited)

Bernard Eismann

Minor Role (uncredited)

Beatrice Hunter

Minor Role (uncredited)

Yvonne Jones

Bellevue Nurse (uncredited)

Don LaBonte

Minor Role (uncredited)

Barton Lane

Angiography Doctor (uncredited)

Ann Miles

Spiderwalk (uncredited)

John Nicola

Priest (uncredited)

Vincent Russell

Subway Vagrant (uncredited)

Gerard F. Yates

Priest Singing Around Piano at Party (uncredited)

Rita Sakellariou

(her voice on the radio)

Crew

Art

Charles Bailey

Assistant art director

Bill Malley

Production design

Joseph M. Caracciolo

Property master

Jerry Wunderlich

Set decoration

Camera

Josh Weiner

Still photographer

Costume and make-up

Joe Fretwell

Costume design

William A. Farley

Hairstylist

Dick Smith

Dick Smith

Makeup artist

Crew

Directing

William Friedkin

William Friedkin

Director

Terence A. Donnelly

First assistant director

Nicholas Sgarro

Script supervisor

Editing

Norman Gay

Editor

Lighting

Production

David Salven

Associate producer

Juliet Taylor

Juliet Taylor

Casting

Louis DiGiaimo

Casting

Nessa Hyams

Casting

Noel Marshall

Executive producer

Sound

Eugene Marks

Music editor

Jack Nitzsche

Jack Nitzsche

Original music composer

Fred J. Brown

Sound effects editor

Ross Taylor

Sound effects editor

Writing

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