Riven

Ellen Burstyn

as Chris MacNeil

Linda Blair

as Regan MacNeil

Jason Miller

as Father Damien Karras

Max von Sydow

as Father Lankester Merrin

Lee J. Cobb

as Lt. Bill Kinderman

William O'Malley

as Father Joseph Kevin Dyer

Kitty Winn

as Sharon Spencer

Jack MacGowran

as Burke Dennings

Barton Heyman

as Dr. Klein

Peter Masterson

as Dr. Barringer

Rudolf Schündler

as Karl

Gina Petrushka

as Willi

Robert Symonds

as Dr. Taney

Arthur Storch

as Psychiatrist

Thomas Bermingham

as Tom

Vasiliki Maliaros

as Mary Karras

Titos Vandis

as Uncle John

John Mahon

as Language Lab Director

Wallace Rooney

as Bishop Michael

Ron Faber

as Chuck / Demon (voice)

Donna Mitchell

as Mary Jo Perrin

Roy Cooper

as Jesuit Dean

Robert Gerringer

as Senator at Party

Mercedes McCambridge

as Demon (voice)

Paul Bateson

as Radiologist's Assistant (uncredited)

Elinore Blair

as Nurse (uncredited)

William Peter Blatty

as The Producer (uncredited)

Mary Boylan

as First Mental Patient (uncredited)

Dick Callinan

as Astronaut (uncredited)

Mason Curry

as Doctor (voice) (uncredited)

Toni Darnay

as Violent psychotic patient (uncredited)

Eileen Dietz

as Demon / Regan Double (uncredited)

Joanne Dusseau

as Senator's Wife (uncredited)

Bernard Eismann

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Beatrice Hunter

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Yvonne Jones

as Bellevue Nurse (uncredited)

Don LaBonte

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Barton Lane

as Angiography Doctor (uncredited)

Ann Miles

as Spiderwalk (uncredited)

John Nicola

as Priest (uncredited)

Vincent Russell

as Subway Vagrant (uncredited)

Gerard F. Yates

as Priest Singing Around Piano at Party (uncredited)

Rita Sakellariou

as (her voice on the radio)

William Peter Blatty

Producer

William Friedkin

Director

William Peter Blatty

Novel

William Peter Blatty

Screenplay

Evan A. Lottman

Editor

Noel Marshall

Executive Producer

Norman Gay

Editor

Owen Roizman

Director of Photography

Nicholas Sgarro

Script Supervisor

Chris Newman

Sound

Terence A. Donnelly

First Assistant Director

Ross Taylor

Sound Effects Editor

David Salven

Associate Producer

Randy Nite

Sound Editor

Richard Quinlan

Gaffer

Jack Nitzsche

Original Music Composer

Louis DiGiaimo

Casting

Joe Fretwell

Costume Design

Juliet Taylor

Casting

Dick Smith

Makeup Artist

Fred J. Brown

Sound Effects Editor

Josh Weiner

Still Photographer

Bill Malley

Production Design

Marcel Vercoutere

Special Effects

William A. Farley

Hairstylist

Charles Bailey

Assistant Art Director

Edward Garzero

Scenic Artist

Jerry Wunderlich

Set Decoration

Eugene Marks

Music Editor

Joseph M. Caracciolo

Property Master

Nessa Hyams

Casting

C. Robert Fine

Sound

Hal Landaker

Sound

Bud S. Smith

Editor

Dan Perri

Title Designer

David Wynn-Jones

Focus Puller

John Nicola

Technical Advisor

Ann Miles

Stunts

Rick Baker

Special Effects Assistant