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
- Leonard Carbone
- (as Bobby DiCicco)
- Sylvia
- (as Corki Corman)
- Joyce
- (as Ildiko Jaid)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- 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".
- Quotes
Chuck Lumley: As we sit here and idly chat, there are woman, female human beings, rolling around in strange beds with strange men, and we are making money from that.
Bill Blazejowski: Is this a great country, or what?
- SoundtracksNight Shift
Music and Lyrics by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Marv Ross
Produced by John Boylan
Performed by Quarterflash
Sure, the movie will never be in the AFI's top 100 list. But when I was 18, a loony pre-college me dreamed of being as funny as Billy Blaizejowski, Keaton's character in the film. I credit the script for great lines, but I doubt anyone could have made an annoying character like Billy loveable - except Keaton.
Henry Winkler does a bang-up job with a straight role that affords audiences little to get excited about. He is completely convincing as an in-over-his-head nebbish with a nervous stomach, and deserves credit for pulling it off without seeming whiny. We identify with Winkler's character even though we can see how cowardly he is.
The plot, of course, is contrived, as is any plot involving hookers with hearts of gold. It's hard to see Shelly Long as a prostitute, but she plays it gamely and has fun with the role.
I recommend this film if you have any craziness to your sense of humor, or just if you're a male between the ages of 17 and 25. That's the target audience, but even in my mid-30's, I still find Keaton's performance refreshing and laugh-out-loud funny.
- WHCernan
- Aug 1, 2000
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Details
- 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
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1