The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
If you believe, no explanation is necessary. If you don't believe, no explanation is possible.
105 min
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
- Release date
- May 24, 1972
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Joe Raposo
- Budget
- $1,300,000
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Cast
- Shirley MacLaine as Norah Benson
- Perry King as Joel Delaney
- Michael Hordern as Justin
- David Elliott as Peter Benson
- Lisa Kohane as Carrie Benson
- Barbara Trentham as Sherry
- Lovelady Powell as Erika
- Edmundo Rivera Álvarez as Don Pedro
- Teodorina Bello as Mrs. Perez
- Robert Burr as Ted Benson
- Miriam Colon as Veronica
- Ernesto Gonzalez as Young Man at Séance
- Earle Hyman as Charles
- Peter Turgeon as Detective Brady
- Pat Ast as Mental Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Crew
- Waris Hussein · Director
- Matt Robinson · Writer
- Irene Kamp · Writer
- Ramona Stewart · Writer
- Martin Poll · Producer
- Joe Raposo · Composer
- Arthur J. Ornitz · Cinematographer
- John Victor Smith · Editor
- Jessica Levy · Casting director
- Peter Murton · Production designer