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.
12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.
Director
William Friedkin
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Screenplay
William Peter Blatty
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Release date
December 26, 1973
Country
United States of America
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Top billed cast
Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb
Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, William O'Malley, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Barton Heyman, Peter Masterson, Rudolf Schündler, Gina Petrushka, Robert Symonds, Arthur Storch, Thomas Bermingham, Vasiliki Maliaros, Titos Vandis, John Mahon, Wallace Rooney, Ron Faber, Donna Mitchell, Roy Cooper, Robert Gerringer, Mercedes McCambridge, Paul Bateson, Elinore Blair, William Peter Blatty, Mary Boylan, Dick Callinan, Mason Curry, Toni Darnay, Eileen Dietz, Joanne Dusseau, Bernard Eismann, Beatrice Hunter, Yvonne Jones, Don LaBonte, Barton Lane, Ann Miles, John Nicola, Vincent Russell, Gerard F. Yates, Rita Sakellariou
Production companies
Hoya Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Keywords
exorcism, holy water, religion and supernatural, vomit, possession, priest, ouija board, satan, paranormal phenomena, demon, strong language, catholic church, demonic possession, disturbed child, crisis of faith, sfx, supernatural horror
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