---
title: 'The Ninth Configuration (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Peter Blatty'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
certification: 'R'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ninth-configuration-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081237/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Ninth Configuration (1980)

1980 · R · 118 min · United States


## Synopsis

The Ninth Configuration is a 1980 American surrealist psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by William Peter Blatty, in his directorial debut. It is the second installment in Blatty's "Trilogy of Faith" after The Exorcist (1973), and followed by The Exorcist III (1990). The film is based on Blatty's 1978 novel The Ninth Configuration, which was itself a reworking of his 1966 novel Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane!.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Peter Blatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-peter-blatty)
- **Screenplay:** [William Peter Blatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-peter-blatty)
- **Producer:** [William Peter Blatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-peter-blatty)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Barry De Vorzon](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-de-vorzon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerry Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-fisher)

## Cast

- [Neville Brand](https://cinepixo.com/people/neville-brand)
- [Ed Flanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-flanders)
- [Stacy Keach](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-keach)
- [Tom Atkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-atkins)
- [William Lucking](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-lucking)
- [George DiCenzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-dicenzo)
- [Joe Spinell](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-spinell)
- [Richard Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-lynch)
- [William Peter Blatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-peter-blatty)
- [Robert Loggia](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-loggia)
- [Jason Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-miller)
- [Moses Gunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/moses-gunn)
- [Alejandro Rey](https://cinepixo.com/people/alejandro-rey)
- [Scott Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-wilson)

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