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Night Shift
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbor complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night.
1982 · Directed by Ron Howard · 106 min · Comedy · 10 frames
Tagline
Ever since two enterprising young men turned the City Morgue into a swinging business, people have been dying to get in.
Crew
- Written by: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
- Cinematography: James Crabe
- Edited by: Daniel P. Hanley, Robert James Kern, Mike Hill
- Music: Burt Bacharach
- Production design: Jack T. Collis
- Produced by: Brian Grazer
Cast
- Henry Winkler as Chuck Lumley
- Michael Keaton as Bill Blazejowski
- Shelley Long as Belinda Keaton
- Gina Hecht as Charlotte Koogle
- Pat Corley as Edward Koogle
- Bobby Di Cicco as Leonard
- Nita Talbot as Vivian
- Basil Hoffman as Drollhauser
- Tim Rossovich as Luke
- Clint Howard as Jefferey
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: The Ladd Company, Brian Grazer Productions
- Budget: $8,100,000
- Box office: $21,095,683
- Themes: new york city, pimp, morgue, prostitution
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