Harrison Ford in The Exorcist? Even fans of the actor do not know this movie

In 1977, millions of viewers around the world discovered Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, the first part of George Lucas’ intergalactic saga. An opportunity for them to discover Harrison Ford on screen, lending his qualities to the iconic character of Han Solo. But did you know that before traveling to a galaxy far, far away, a young American actor starred in a horror movie that resembled The Exorcist?

Prior to Star Wars Episode 4, Harrison Ford, spotted by a French director in the 1960s, appears in the credits of The Possessed.Enchanted in the French version). This low-budget TV movie, produced by Warner Bros. Television and television in the United States on NBC tells the story of how a trained priest-turned-exorcist must fight the satanic forces that have captured young students at an all-girls high school.

Possession stars Harrison Ford not as an exorcist (played by James Farentino), but as a chemistry (not archeology) professor at an all-girls high school. . An important character in the film, as we only see him on screen for about ten minutes.

Harrison Ford in the movie “The Owners”:

What did American critics think of this monstrous work, released almost three and a half years after William Friedkin’s classic? While Dead Central’s Steve Burton discussed The Possessed “ridiculously entertaining”Promoted by Paul Mavis of DVD Talk “A very effective supernatural horror film.”

Bill Mandel of the San Francisco Examiner, on the other hand, was far less complimentary. A journalist who was writing a script “almost incomprehensible”believed that “The most obvious evil in this failure was what was in the minds of the manufacturers.”

Harrison Ford was recently seen in the credits for Indiana Jones and the Clock of Fortune, reprising his iconic adventurer role for the sixth time (and yes, he played Indy six times, not five!). He will appear in next year’s Marvel films Thunderbolts and Captain America: Brave New World, in which he will portray the character Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross.

Trailer “The Exorcist” (real):