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The Possession of Joel Delaney

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May 24, 1972 · 1h 45m
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Horror

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Shirley MacLaine
Norah Benson
Perry King
Joel Delaney
Michael Hordern
Justin
David Elliott
Peter Benson
Lisa Kohane
Carrie Benson
Barbara Trentham
Sherry
Lovelady Powell
Erika
Edmundo Rivera Álvarez
Don Pedro
Directed by Waris Hussein

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$1,300,000
Revenue
—
Production
Paramount Pictures, Haworth Productions, ITC Entertainment
Country
US

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