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The Ninth Configuration

How do you fight a war called madness?

1980 · R · 1h 58m

Directed by William Peter Blatty

6.4

TMDB audience score
182 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.

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Cast

  • Stacy Keach
    Col. Hudson Kane

  • Scott Wilson
    Capt. Billy Cutshaw

  • Jason Miller
    Lt. Frankie Reno

  • Ed Flanders
    Col. Richard Fell

  • Neville Brand
    Maj. Marvin Groper

  • George DiCenzo
    Capt. Fairbanks

  • Moses Gunn
    Maj. Nammack

  • Robert Loggia
    Lt. Bennish

  • Joe Spinell
    Lt. Spinell

  • Alejandro Rey
    Lt. Gomez

  • Tom Atkins
    Sgt. Krebs

  • Steve Sandor
    1st Cyclist

  • Richard Lynch
    2nd Cyclist

  • William Peter Blatty
    Dr. Fromme (uncredited)

  • Bruce Boa
    Sergeant in combat shack

  • Gordon Mark
    Sgt. Gilman

  • William Lucking
    Highway Patrolman

  • Stephen Powers
    Sgt. Christian