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The Ninth Configuration

Name: The Ninth Configuration
Director: William Peter Blatty
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1980
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders, Neville Brand

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.

1980 · Directed by William Peter Blatty · 118 min · Drama · Comedy · Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 19 frames

Tagline

How do you fight a war called madness?

Crew

Screenplay: William Peter Blatty
Cinematography: Gerry Fisher
Edited by: Tony de Zarraga, Peter Lee-Thompson, Battle Davis, Roberto Silvi
Music: Barry De Vorzon
Production design: Bill Malley
Produced by: William Peter Blatty

Cast

Stacy Keach as Col. Hudson Kane
Scott Wilson as Capt. Billy Cutshaw
Jason Miller as Lt. Frankie Reno
Ed Flanders as Col. Richard Fell
Neville Brand as Maj. Marvin Groper
George DiCenzo as Capt. Fairbanks
Moses Gunn as Maj. Nammack
Robert Loggia as Lt. Bennish
Joe Spinell as Lt. Spinell
Alejandro Rey as Lt. Gomez

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Ninth Configuration, United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)
Themes: vietnam war, army, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), based on novel or book, supernatural, dark comedy, castle, insane asylum, religion, astronaut

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