John Daniel "Jack" Torrance is a fictional character, the antagonist in the 1977 novel The Shining by Stephen King. He was portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the 1980 movie adaptation of the novel, and by Steven Weber in the 1997 miniseries. The American Film Institute rated the character (as played by Nicholson) the 25th greatest film villain of all time. In 2008, Jack Torrance was selected by Empire Magazine as one of The 100 Greatest Movie...
Wendy tells Jack behind the closed door of the pantry that she is taking the ...
Jack tells Stuart Ullman he is looking forward to a change in his life and ca...
Jack has a conversation with Mr. Grady about his son Danny. Mr. Grady tells ...
Jack tells Lloyd that he never hurt his son and that he loves the little son ...
Jack sits down in the bar to have a drink at the hotel. Lloyd asks how he is...
Jack has a nightmare about killing Wendy and Danny and tells Wendy in the dre...
Jack is now out of the food pantry and has an axe and ready to kill Danny and...
Jack is telling Lloyd the bartender that he never laid one hand hand on his s...
Jack is trying to kill Wendy and smashes through a door with an axe to get to...
After Wendy locks Jack in the pantry, he tries to plea with her to let him ou...
Jack catches Wendy going through his papers and gets very volatile. Wendy tr...
Jack is crying and upset about the nightmare he had about killing his family....
Jack Torrence introduces himself to the secretary at the front desk of the ho...
When Stuart tells jack and Wendy all the booze is taken off premises when the...
Jack is declaring that he loves his son and would never hurt him. that he lo...
Jack is ready to bust the bathroom door down that has Wendy on the other side...
Jack is chasing after Danny in the snow filled maze. He screams out that he ...
Stuart Ullman continues to warn Jack about the isolation up on the mountain a...
Jack tells Lloyd that he never hurt his son this time, but it happened before...
Jack meets Mr. Grady in the bathroom and tells him he recognizes him as the c...
Wendy locks Jack inside a refrigerator in the kitchen and tells him she is go...
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