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The Shining

Writer Jack Torrance takes the job of caretaker at a remote hotel, but his wife and young son soon find that the place has a horrific history that is encroaching on the present.

When writer Jack Torrance, who has a history of alcoholism and child abuse, takes a job as winter caretaker at a hotel high in the Rocky Mountains, the accumulated power of evil deeds committed at the hotel begins to drive him mad. Now there may be no escape for his wife and son in this story of madness, memory and family violence.

1 hour, 53 minutes

On TV

Sun 19 Jan 2025 22:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Jack Torrance Jack Nicholson
Wendy Torrance Shelley Duvall
Danny Torrance Danny Lloyd
Dick Hallorann Scatman Crothers
Director Stanley Kubrick
Writer Stanley Kubrick
Writer Diane Johnson

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