

Night Shift
1982-07-30 · 106 min · ★ 6.1
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.
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- Directors
- Ron Howard
- Production companies
- The Ladd Company, Brian Grazer Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 8,100,000
- Revenue
- USD 21,095,683
Top Cast
Henry WinklerChuck Lumley
Michael KeatonBill Blazejowski
Shelley LongBelinda Keaton
Gina HechtCharlotte Koogle
Pat CorleyEdward Koogle
Bobby Di CiccoLeonard
Nita TalbotVivian
Basil HoffmanDrollhauser
Tim RossovichLuke
Clint HowardJefferey
Joe SpinellManetti
Cheryl CarterTanya
Jaid BarrymoreJoyce
Ava LazarSharon
Robbin YoungNancy
Ola RayDawn
Cassandra GavaJ.J.
Mimi LieberLindaTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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