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Title: Night Shift (1982)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Henry Winkler | ... | Chuck Lumley | |
| Michael Keaton | ... | Bill Blazejowski | |
| Shelley Long | ... | Belinda Keaton | |
| Gina Hecht | ... | Charlotte Koogle | |
| Pat Corley | ... | Edward Koogle | |
| Bobby Di Cicco | ... | Leonard (as Bobby DiCicco) | |
| Nita Talbot | ... | Vivian | |
| Basil Hoffman | ... | Drollhauser | |
| Tim Rossovich | ... | Luke | |
| Clint Howard | ... | Jefferey | |
| Joe Spinell | ... | Manetti | |
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Cheryl Carter | ... | Tanya |
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Becky Gonzalez | ... | Lupe |
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Corki Grazer | ... | Sylvia (as Corki Corman) |
| Jaid Barrymore | ... | Joyce (as Ildiko Jaid) | |
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 neighbour 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 as their brothel. Against his better judgement, he gets talked into the idea, only to find that it's more than his boss that has objections to this bit of entrepreneurship. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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This was one of Howard's early directorial efforts (he even gives himself a Hitchcockian-style cameo in an alley kiss near the beginning), and one of his straight-out funniest. Many have commented on Keaton's top-notch breakout performance -- and it truly is one of the funniest supporting performances since Matthau's Whiplash Willie Gingrich. But, there are many other wonderful tidbits to enjoy thoroughly -- beginning with an incredibly clever script by Ganz and Mandell -- so many classic lines I almost don't know where to begin. Gina Hecht is also magnificently memorable in her supporting role as Winkler's neurotic girlfriend, and Nita Talbot is a gem as the domineering mother. Winkler is perfect as the understated nebbish lead, and the contrast of the low-income realities and the humor found in the script is marvelously unusual in American movies beyond "Little Shop of Horrors". In fact, the movie deftly blends reality and absurdity in a manner few have succeeded at. Finally, the ahead-of-its-time cast includes Shannen Doherty as a junior girl scout, Richard Belzer as a grotesque gangster pimp, Kevin Costner as a frat boy, Clint Howard (Ron's younger brother who starred in Gentle Ben and a classic Star Trek episode) as Keaton's first limo customer, Murphy Brown's Pat Corley as Hecht's father, and Ghost's Vincent Schiavelli as an obnoxious deliveryman. And, I do disagree with mainstream thought that Shelley Long was miscast -- she actually imbues her character with some underappreciated mannerisms that ring very true for me that transcend the hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold cliche. All in all, a funny and harrowing film much better than it is generally given credit for.