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Night Shift is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard. The film centers on a timid night-shift morgue employee whose life is turned upside down by a new co-worker who fancies himself a free-spirited entrepreneur. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler along with Michael Keaton, in his first starring role, and Shelley Long.
- July 30, 1982
- Brian Grazer
Jul 30, 1982 · Night Shift: Directed by Ron Howard. With Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Gina Hecht. A mild-mannered morgue attendant is assigned to the night shift, and his new coworker, along with his prostitute neighbor, convince him of running a prostitution ring out of the morgue.
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- Ron Howard
- R
- Comedy
Night Shift (1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Chuck (Henry Winkler) has given up life as a stockbroker because it was too stressful. Now, he works an easy gig as a night shift attendant at a New York City morgue. His co-worker, Bill ...
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- Ron Howard
- R
- Henry Winkler
The movie opens with pimp Franklin ( Julius LeFlore) being chased through the New York City night by gangsters Cleon ( Badja Djola) and Pig ( Richard Belzer ). They catch him and punish him for not giving them a cut of his prostitution profits by dropping him out a high-rise window.
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Night Shift is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard. The film centers on a timid night-shift morgue employee whose life is turned upside down by a new co-worker who fancies himself a free-spirited entrepreneur. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler along with Michael Keaton, in his first starring role, and Shelley Long.
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.