Shining, The
First aired: 1980
Cast
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel up in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Jack, being a family man, takes his wife and son to the hotel to keep him company throughout the long and isolated nights. During their stay strange things occur when Jack's son Danny sees gruesome images powered by a force called "The Shining" and Jack is heavily affected by this. Along with writer's block and the demons of the hotel haunting him, Jack has a complete mental breakdown and the situation takes a sinister turn.
| Director/s Stanley Kubrick |
Writer/s Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) |
Cast
| Jack Nicholson | Jack Torrance |
| Shelley Duvall | Wendy Torrance |
| Danny Lloyd | Danny Torrance |
| Scatman Crothers | Dick Hallorann |
| Barry Nelson | Stuart Ullman |
| Philip Stone | Delbert Grady |
| Joe Turkel | Lloyd the Bartender |
| Anne Jackson | Doctor |
| Tony Burton | Larry Durkin |
| Lia Beldam | Young Woman in Bath |
| Billie Gibson | Old Woman in Bath |
| Barry Dennen | Bill Watson |
| David Baxt | Forest Ranger #1 |
| Manning Redwood | Forest Ranger #2 |
| Lisa Burns | Grady Twin Daughter |
| Louise Burns | Grady Twin Daughter |
| Robin Pappas | Nurse |
| Alison Coleridge | Susie the Secretary |
| Burnell Tucker | Policeman |
| Jana Sheldon | Stewardess |
| Kate Phelps | Receptionist |
| Norman Gay | Injured Guest |
| Vivian Kubrick | Smoking Guest on Ballroom Couch (uncredited) |
| Derek Lyons | Overlook Hotel Bellhop (uncredited) |
| Glenn Rinker | Himself / Television news anchor (uncredited) |
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