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Night Shift (1982)

Directed by Ron Howard

Comedy

Most recently watched by zombiefreak

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 106 minutes

Actors

Henry Winkler | Michael Keaton | Shelley Long | Gina Hecht | Pat Corley | Bobby Di Cicco | Nita Talbot | Basil Hoffman | Tim Rossovich | Clint Howard | Joe Spinell | Cheryl Carter | Becky Gonzalez | Corki Grazer | Jaid Barrymore | Ava Lazar | Ola Ray | Cassandra Gava | Ashley Cox | Dawn Dunlap | K.C. Winkler | Monique Gabrielle | Richard Belzer | Beau Billingslea | Grand L. Bush | Floyd Levine | Charles Fleischer | Vincent Schiavelli | Brett Baxter Clark | Kevin Costner | Shannen Doherty | Michael Pataki | Elizabeth Carder | Joy Michael Vogelbacher | Ron Howard | Badja Djola

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

One that’s been on my watchlist for a long time but it’s never been an easy movie to find / watch. Glad that TCM programmed it bc it’s a lot of fun and has some terrific performances especially by Keaton and Shelley Long. Even Joe Spinell makes an appearance which is very amusing. It’s a silly story but very cool to see NYC during this time.

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