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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Bobby Di Cicco
- Leonard Carbone
- (as Bobby DiCicco)
Corki Grazer
- Sylvia
- (as Corki Corman)
Jaid Barrymore
- Joyce
- (as Ildiko Jaid)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaFirst major Hollywood studio picture directed by Ron Howard.
- Goofs(at around 52 mins) When Chuck is reading a computer screen showing his and Bill's investments for their prostitution "company", there are multiple spelling errors which aren't due to the screen's limitations. Chuck, being the fussy business type, would never let this happen. There's at least one typo on nine of the eleven lines displayed; they are: "CHUCK & BILLS INVESTMET SERVICE", "Inteest compouded monthl", "Paymnts at endof period", "Annual intrest rate", "Present vaue", "Future vale", "Monthly pament", "The interet rate is 1.46% per monh", and "And the tie period i 12 months".
- SoundtracksNight Shift
Music and Lyrics by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Marv Ross
Produced by John Boylan
Performed by Quarterflash
Featured review
Delightful '80s comedy
They don't seem to make comedies like this anymore, but thankfully, they did once. "Night Shift," directed by Ron Howard, stars Michael Keaton, Henry Winkler, and Shelley Long. Winkler plays Chuck Lumley, a securities broker who may have had a nervous breakdown - anyway, he has taken a job at the morgue so he can be in a quiet place. When he's transferred to the night shift, it ruins his time with his eternally dieting fiancée (Gina Hecht).
Worse than that, Chuck's quiet is shattered by a new employee, Bill Blazejowski (Keaton), who talks into a tape recorder and runs a limo service using the hearses. When Chuck's attractive neighbor, Belinda, a hooker, is in need of a pimp, Bill gathers her and her friends, and he and Chuck run a prostitution service out of the morgue. They take much less of a cut than the average pimp, and Chuck invests their money for them, and gets health insurance for them.
This is a really fun movie, with a terrific performance by Keaton as a wild man whose sense of adventure is infectious to the down and out Winkler. Winkler is the anti-Fonz, and he's wonderful. I had the pleasure of interviewing him once. He's one of the warmest, most natural people one could ever meet. Shelley Long is both funny and sympathetic as Belinda.
Very entertaining.
Worse than that, Chuck's quiet is shattered by a new employee, Bill Blazejowski (Keaton), who talks into a tape recorder and runs a limo service using the hearses. When Chuck's attractive neighbor, Belinda, a hooker, is in need of a pimp, Bill gathers her and her friends, and he and Chuck run a prostitution service out of the morgue. They take much less of a cut than the average pimp, and Chuck invests their money for them, and gets health insurance for them.
This is a really fun movie, with a terrific performance by Keaton as a wild man whose sense of adventure is infectious to the down and out Winkler. Winkler is the anti-Fonz, and he's wonderful. I had the pleasure of interviewing him once. He's one of the warmest, most natural people one could ever meet. Shelley Long is both funny and sympathetic as Belinda.
Very entertaining.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Nightshift - Das Leichenhaus flippt völlig aus
- Filming locations
- Pino & Santo's Hairstyling, 68-07 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, Queens, New York City, New York, USA(Chuck is getting his haircut while Bill sneaks up with a newspaper article.)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $8,100,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,095,638
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,539,633
- Aug 1, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $21,095,638
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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