L'esorcista
Trama
In un quartiere tranquillo, in una casa dotata di tutti i moderni comfort, una ragazzina modello cade ammalata. La madre non può aiutarla. I medici non riescono ad elaborare una diagnosi. Temendo che le crisi di cui soffre la figlia non riguardino solo la sfera fisica, ma anche quella spirituale, la donna si rivolge a un sacerdote. L'uomo però dubita della presenza del diavolo in quella casa, in quel corpo e la debolezza delle sue convinzioni non farà altro che rendere più forte il maligno.
« Giornata ideale per un esorcismo »
(1973) Horror , Thriller , Dramma
Data rilascio : 26/12/1973
regia di William Friedkin
Budget : 12.000.000,00 $
Incasso : 441.400.000,00 $
Cast
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)