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- Linda BlairRegan Teresa MacNeil
- Max von SydowFather Lankester Merrin
- Lee J. CobbLieutenant William Kinderman
- Kitty WinnSharon Spencer
- Jack MacGowranBurke Dennings
- Jason Miller (playwright)Father Damien Karras
- William O'Malley (Jesuit)Father Dyer
- Barton HeymanDr. Klein
- Peter MastersonDr. Barringer, Clinic Director
Rudolf SchündlerKarl- Robert SymondsDr. Taney
- Arthur StorchPsychiatrist
- Thomas Bermingham (priest)Tom, President of University
- Vasiliki MaliarosKarras' Mother
- Titos VandisKarras' Uncle
- John Mahon (actor)Language Lab Director
- Wallace RooneyBishop Michael
Find out who starred in the classic horror film The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin and based on the novel by William Peter Blatty. See the full cast and crew list, including actors, writers, producers, and more.
Budget. $12 million [2] Box office. $441.3 million [2] The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel.
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Dec 26, 1973 · IMDb page for the horror classic The Exorcist, starring Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow and Linda Blair. See the cast and crew list, the plot summary, the trivia, the goofs, the quotes and the user and critic reviews.
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Find out who played the main characters and crew members of the classic horror film The Exorcist, based on William Peter Blatty's novel. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, composers, and more.
- Ellen Burstyn
- Max Von Sydow
- Jason Miller
- Linda Blair
- Lee J. Cobb
- Kitty Winn
- Jack MacGowran
- Reverend William O'malley, S.J.
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Chris MacNeil was a famous actress and single mother who took off to Washington D.C. with her young daughter to shoot a film. Little did she know but her priorities would completely shift from reading lines to pulling a demon out of her daughter. A relative unknown in Hollywood at the time, Ellen Burstyn took on the role of Chris and became part of...
Father Merrin was not only a man of God but also a paleontologist. Working at an excavation site in Iraq, he discovered imagery of an old enemy he once exorcised — the demon Pazuzu — and accidentally unleashed its dark spirit and was ultimately killed by it. Merrin was played by Max von Sydow, who is an all-too-familiar face on film and television....
Assisting Father Merrin in Regan's exorcism, Father (and Jesuit psychiatrist) Damien Karras struggled with his faith, but after seeing the evil of Pazuzu, he was convinced there was a God. Unfortunately, his renewed faith was short-lived. After pulling the demon out of Regan, it jumped into him, causing him to kill himself to prevent further harm t...
Poor tween Regan MacNeil. She played with an Ouija board and got possessed by the demon, which sent her head spinning (literally) and prompted her to projectile vomit disgusting green gunk. Linda Blair's edgy and controversial role, for which she received an Academy Award nod and earned her a Golden Globe, would define the kinds of roles she'd play...
Lieutenant William Kinderman was a happy-go-lucky homicide detective investigating the death of Burke Dennings, the director who was working on Chris' film in D.C. Enlisting Father Karras to provide a religious point of view in the case, Kinderman accurately suspected Regan may have murdered Dennings while possessed by a mysterious entity. As Kinde...
All Sharon Spencer wanted to do was be a good assistant to Chris and a good tutor to Regan. But after the 12-year-old got body-snatched, Sharon ended up being her caretaker — from injecting her with drugs and changing her diapers to being the receiver of her infamous projectile vomit. Sharon was portrayed by Kitty Winn who was memorable for her ear...
As a prominent director, Burke Dennings was working on Chris' film in Washington D.C. when he met his unfortunate fate. After getting drunk at Chris' party and making a scene, he ended up babysitting Regan, who broke his neck while possessed by Pazuzu. The alcoholic Dennings was played by Jack MacGowran, an Irish actor of the stage famous for his c...
A close friend of Father Karras, Father Joseph Dyer was the one to give Karras his Last Rites when the priest threw himself out the window after being possessed by Pazuzu. Interestingly, Father Dyer was played by a real Jesuit priest, Reverend William O'Malley, who was a prolific Catholic book author and high school teacher who directed drama produ...
Learn what the stars of the Academy Award-nominated horror movie The Exorcist have been up to since its 1973 release. Find out how Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair and Jason Miller have changed their careers and lives since playing the main characters in this controversial and influential film.
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The Exorcist is a 1973 film based on a novel about a young girl possessed by the devil and the priests who try to save her. The cast includes Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow and Jason Miller, and the film has a 78% Tomatometer and an 87% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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A movie about a young girl possessed by a demon and the two priests who try to save her. Read the plot summary, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this classic horror film.
