Aired Thursday 1 August, 8:00pm - 9:55pmon BBC Four

The Shining (1980)

Horror / Thriller

Frustrated writer Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker at the ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. When he arrives there with his wife and son, they learn that the previous caretaker had gone mad. Slowly Jack becomes possessed by the evil, demonic presence in the hotel.

Country
USA
Cast and crew
  • Stanley KubrickDirector
  • Jack NicholsonJack Torrance
  • Shelley DuvallWinifred "Wendy" Torrance
  • Danny LloydDanny Torrance
  • Scatman CrothersDick Hallorann
  • Barry NelsonStuart Ullman
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