"Something almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house…And a man has been sent for as a last resort. This man is The Exorcist."

1973

2h 2m

7.7(8363 votes)

Horror

Overview

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

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43 members

Acting

Ellen Burstyn

Chris MacNeil

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Linda Blair

Regan MacNeil

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Jason Miller

Father Damien Karras

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Max von Sydow

Father Lankester Merrin

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Lee J. Cobb

Lt. Bill Kinderman

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William O'Malley

Father Joseph Kevin Dyer

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Kitty Winn

Sharon Spencer

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Jack MacGowran

Burke Dennings

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Barton Heyman

Dr. Klein

Directing

Peter Masterson

Dr. Barringer

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Rudolf Schündler

Karl

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Gina Petrushka

Willi

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Robert Symonds

Dr. Taney

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Arthur Storch

Psychiatrist

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Thomas Bermingham

Tom

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Vasiliki Maliaros

Mary Karras

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Titos Vandis

Uncle John

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John Mahon

Language Lab Director

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Wallace Rooney

Bishop Michael

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Ron Faber

Chuck / Demon (voice)

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Donna Mitchell

Mary Jo Perrin

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Roy Cooper

Jesuit Dean

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Robert Gerringer

Senator at Party

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Mercedes McCambridge

Demon (voice)

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Paul Bateson

Radiologist's Assistant (uncredited)

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Elinore Blair

Nurse (uncredited)

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Writing

William Peter Blatty

The Producer (uncredited)

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Mary Boylan

First Mental Patient (uncredited)

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Dick Callinan

Astronaut (uncredited)

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Mason Curry

Doctor (voice) (uncredited)

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Toni Darnay

Violent psychotic patient (uncredited)

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Eileen Dietz

Demon / Regan Double (uncredited)

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Joanne Dusseau

Senator's Wife (uncredited)

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Writing

Bernard Eismann

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Beatrice Hunter

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Yvonne Jones

Bellevue Nurse (uncredited)

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Don LaBonte

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Barton Lane

Angiography Doctor (uncredited)

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Ann Miles

Spiderwalk (uncredited)

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John Nicola

Priest (uncredited)

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Vincent Russell

Subway Vagrant (uncredited)

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Gerard F. Yates

Priest Singing Around Piano at Party (uncredited)

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Ρίτα Σακελλαρίου

(her voice on the radio)

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