Directed by:
William FriedkinScreenplay:
William Peter BlattyCinematography:
Owen RoizmanComposer:
Jack NitzscheCast:
Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, William O'Malley, Jack MacGowran, Barton Heyman, Peter Masterson (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
When a 12-year old girl is possessed by demons, a young priest takes it upon himself to selflessly save her at the behest of her famous movie-star mother. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Ellen Burstyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/009/165009375_d66f8e.jpg)
Ellen Burstyn
USA
Best movies:
Retour à Brooklyn (2000)
Interstellar (2014)
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
![Linda Blair](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281363_53891e.jpg)
Linda Blair
USA
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989)
Scream (1996)
![Jason Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275875_4d1101.jpg)
Jason Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
Rudy (1993)
A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977)
![Max von Sydow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267824_9f437d.jpg)
Max von Sydow
Sweden
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Awakenings (1990)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
![Lee J. Cobb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270773_c094c8.jpg)
Lee J. Cobb
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
On the Waterfront (1954)
![Kitty Winn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792682_3e11e8.jpg)
Kitty Winn
USA
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
![William O'Malley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/126/165126074_f0bdb5.jpg)
William O'Malley
USA
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
![Jack MacGowran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/926/166926494_e8aa01.jpg)
Jack MacGowran
Ireland
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Quiet Man (1952)
Barton Heyman
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
The Exorcist (1973)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Peter Masterson
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
![Mercedes McCambridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/362/164362559_206e82.jpg)
Mercedes McCambridge
USA
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
The Exorcist (1973)
Giant (1956)
Ron Faber
USA
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
The Tree of Guernica (1975)
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
Roy Cooper
UK
Best movies:
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
![William Peter Blatty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/273/168273407_382xtb.jpg)
William Peter Blatty
USA
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
![Eileen Dietz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312444_2316fb.jpg)
Eileen Dietz
USA
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
Constantine (2005)
Helter Skelter (1976) (TV movie)
![Robert Symonds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/199/160199146_bcb0a5.jpg)
Robert Symonds
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
...And Justice for All (1979)
The Exorcist (1973)
Donna Mitchell
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
Pollock (2000)
The Ice Storm (1997)
![Mary Boylan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/659/161659805_151040.jpg)
Mary Boylan
USA
Best movies:
Annie Hall (1977)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Exorcist (1973)
Robert Gerringer
USA
Best movies:
The Exorcist (1973)
The Way We Were (1973)
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
![John Mahon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/790/161790097_bee3c9.gif)
John Mahon
USA
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
The X Files: Dreamland (1998) (video compilation)
The Exorcist (1973)