The Exorcist

The Exorcist

122 mins | Drama, Thriller, Horror | Dec. 26, 1973

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 possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism.

The Exorcist

122 mins | Drama, Thriller, Horror | Dec. 26, 1973

The Exorcist
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 possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Hoya Productions, Warner Bros.
Original title The Exorcist
Directors Nicholas Sgarro, Terence A. Donnelly, William Friedkin
Writers William Peter Blatty

Cast

Jason Miller

as Father Damien Karras

Ellen Burstyn

as Chris MacNeil

Linda Blair

as Regan MacNeil

Max von Sydow

as Father Lankester Merrin

Lee J. Cobb

as Lt. Bill Kinderman

Kitty Winn

as Sharon Spencer

Jack MacGowran

as Burke Dennings

William O'Malley

as Father Joseph Kevin Dyer

Barton Heyman

as Dr. Klein

Peter Masterson

as Dr. Barringer

Gina Petrushka

as Willi

Robert Symonds

as Dr. Taney

Arthur Storch

as Psychiatrist

Vasiliki Maliaros

as Mary Karras

Titos Vandis

as Uncle John

John Mahon

as Language Lab Director

Wallace Rooney

as Bishop Michael

Ron Faber

as Chuck / Demon (voice)

Donna Mitchell

as Mary Jo Perrin

Roy Cooper

as Jesuit Dean

Robert Gerringer

as Senator at Party

Mercedes McCambridge

as Demon (voice)

Paul Bateson

as Radiologist's Assistant (uncredited)

Elinore Blair

as Nurse (uncredited)

William Peter Blatty

as The Producer (uncredited)

Mary Boylan

as First Mental Patient (uncredited)

Dick Callinan

as Astronaut (uncredited)

Mason Curry

as Doctor (voice) (uncredited)

Toni Darnay

as Violent psychotic patient (uncredited)

Eileen Dietz

as Demon / Regan Double (uncredited)

Joanne Dusseau

as Senator's Wife (uncredited)

Bernard Eismann

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Beatrice Hunter

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Yvonne Jones

as Bellevue Nurse (uncredited)

Don LaBonte

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Barton Lane

as Angiography Doctor (uncredited)

Ann Miles

as Spiderwalk (uncredited)

John Nicola

as Priest (uncredited)

Vincent Russell

as Subway Vagrant (uncredited)

Gerard F. Yates

as Priest Singing Around Piano at Party (uncredited)

Rita Sakellariou

as (her voice on the radio)