The Shining (1980)

Ratings: 8.5/10 from 360,137 users146 min  -  Horror | Mystery  -  23 May 1980 (USA) 

Storyline

A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotel's past using a telepathic gift known as "The Shining". The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotel's ghosts. After being convinced by a waiter's ghost to "correct" the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is "The Shining"

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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 Daughter