The Exorcist (1973)

77% User Rating

2h 2min

"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."

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. Her daughter's only possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism.

William FriedkinDirector

Cast

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Ellen Burstyn

Chris MacNeil

Linda Blair

Regan MacNeil

Jason Miller

Father Damien Karras

Max von Sydow

Father Lankester Merrin

Lee J. Cobb

Lt. Bill Kinderman

William O'Malley

Father Joseph Kevin Dyer

Kitty Winn

Sharon Spencer

Jack MacGowran

Burke Dennings

Barton Heyman

Dr. Klein

Peter Masterson

Dr. Barringer

Rudolf Schündler

Karl

Gina Petrushka

Willi

Robert Symonds

Dr. Taney

Arthur Storch

Psychiatrist

Thomas Bermingham

Tom

Vasiliki Maliaros

Mary Karras

Titos Vandis

Uncle John

John Mahon

Language Lab Director

Wallace Rooney

Bishop Michael

Ron Faber

Chuck / Demon (voice)

Donna Mitchell

Mary Jo Perrin

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

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

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)

Reviews (3)

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Potential Kermode

Rating 60%

February 16, 2017

**Shocking rather than frightening.** Friedkin's The Exorcist is a film that shocks rather than scares. A well made film that achieved notoriety via pea soup. A slow and intelligent film with strong performances - yet also a mostly disappointing one for those who dare to go beyond the hype and actually _experience_ it for the first time. For a film that _does_ succeed in frightening the audience and with none of the hype - I recommend The Changeling starring George C Scott. Now **THAT** is a scary movie.