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Night Shift

1982 · 106 min

Directed by Ron Howard. Written by Lowell Ganz. Starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Gina Hecht.

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.

Critics 93% · audiences 63% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Tubi

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