The Shining

Overview

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

Cast

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  Jack Nicholson

  Jack Torrance

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  Shelley Duvall

  Wendy Torrance

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  Danny Lloyd

  Danny

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  Scatman Crothers

  Hallorann

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  Barry Nelson

  Ullman

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  Philip Stone

  Grady

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  Joe Turkel

  Lloyd

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  Anne Jackson

  Doctor

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  Tony Burton

  Durkin

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  Lia Beldam

  Young Woman in Bath

• Billie Gibson

  Old Woman in Bath

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  Barry Dennen

  Watson

Crew

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Writer

Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson

Cinematography

John Alcott

Music

Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind, Béla Bartók