Night Shift
“Ever since two enterprising young men turned the City Morgue into a swinging business, people have been dying to get in.”
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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Cast
61 people
Henry Winkler
Chuck Lumley
Known for
Monsters at Work
Barry
Michael Keaton
Bill Blazejowski
Known for
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Shelley Long
Belinda Keaton
Known for
Cheers
The Money Pit
Gina Hecht
Charlotte Koogle
Known for
DAVE
Mork & Mindy
Pat Corley
Edward Koogle
Known for
Murphy Brown
Roots
Bobby Di Cicco
Leonard
Known for
The Night Of
Splash
Nita Talbot
Vivian
Known for
Puppet Master II
Amityville 1992: It's About Time
Basil Hoffman
Drollhauser
Known for
The Artist
The Box
Tim Rossovich
Luke
Known for
Looker
Cloak & Dagger
Clint Howard
Jefferey
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Jungle Book
Joe Spinell
Manetti
Known for
Rocky
Maniac
Cheryl Carter
Tanya
Known for
The Osterman Weekend
Blue Thunder
Ron Howard Director · Lowell Ganz Writer Babaloo Mandel Writer
Worldwide gross $21M · Budget $8.1M · United States release July 30, 1982
Box office
Budget
$8,100,000
Worldwide gross
$21,095,683
Gross vs. budget
2.6×
Production
The Ladd Company
Production
Brian Grazer Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 30, 1982
Theatrical
Australia
December 30, 1982 · Theatrical
Ireland
December 31, 1982 · Theatrical
Japan
November 19, 1983 · Theatrical
XC
November 1, 1992 · Physical
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