Night Shift

"Ever since two enterprising young men turned the City Morgue into a swinging business, people have been dying to get in."

Jul 30 1982 R 1h 46m
Comedy

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Directed by

Ron Howard

Cast

Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures, The Ladd Company

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

Trailers
Night Shift (1982) Official Trailer - Michael Keaton, Ron Howard Movie HD
Night Shift (1982) Original Trailer [FHD]
Scores
# of Votes
19,498
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
63
Popularity
NA