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Directed by | Ron Howard |
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Produced by | Brian Grazer |
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Cinematography | James Crabe |
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Music by | Burt Bacharach |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $8.1 million[1] |
Box office | $21.1 million |
Night Shift is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard. The film centers on a timid night-shift morgue employee whose life is turned upside down by a new co-worker who fancies himself a free-spirited entrepreneur. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler along with Michael Keaton, in his first starring role,[2] and Shelley Long. Also appearing are Richard Belzer and Clint Howard. There are brief scenes with a young Kevin Costner[3] as "frat boy #1", Shannen Doherty as a Bluebird scout,[4] Vincent Schiavelli as a man who delivers a sandwich,[5] and Charles Fleischer[6] as one of the jail prisoners.
Winkler was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy,[7] while Keaton won the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor.[8]