When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
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)
Crew
William Friedkin
Director
William Peter Blatty
Screenplay, Novel, Producer
Norman Gay
Editor
Evan A. Lottman
Editor
Bud S. Smith
Editor
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography
Terence A. Donnelly
First Assistant Director
Noel Marshall
Executive Producer
David Salven
Associate Producer
Bill Malley
Production Design
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Louis DiGiaimo
Casting
Nessa Hyams
Casting
Joe Fretwell
Costume Design
William A. Farley
Hairstylist
Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
Edward Garzero
Scenic Artist
Charles Bailey
Assistant Art Director
Ross Taylor
Sound Effects Editor
Fred J. Brown
Sound Effects Editor
Randy Nite
Sound Editor
Chris Newman
Sound
C. Robert Fine
Sound
Hal Landaker
Sound
Marcel Vercoutere
Special Effects
Rick Baker
Special Effects Assistant
Jack Nitzsche
Original Music Composer
Eugene Marks
Music Editor
Jerry Wunderlich
Set Decoration
Josh Weiner
Still Photographer
John Nicola
Technical Advisor
Nicholas Sgarro
Script Supervisor
Ann Miles
Stunts
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Property Master
Richard Quinlan
Gaffer
Dan Perri
Title Designer
David Wynn-Jones
Focus Puller
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