The Shining

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Synopsis

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.

Key crew

• Diane JohnsonScreenplay
• Stanley KubrickDirector, Screenplay
• Wendy CarlosOriginal Music Composer
• Rachel ElkindOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Jack NicholsonJack Torrance
• Shelley DuvallWendy Torrance
• Danny LloydDanny
• Scatman CrothersHallorann
• Barry NelsonUllman
• Philip StoneGrady
• Joe TurkelLloyd
• Anne JacksonDoctor
• Tony BurtonDurkin
• Lia BeldamYoung Woman in Bath
• Billie GibsonOld Woman in Bath
• Barry DennenWatson

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