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Night Shift

1982 · 106 min

A light, offbeat comedy that finds warmth in unlikely friendships and a quirky workplace romance.

Directed by
Ron Howard
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
Ever since two enterprising young men turned the City Morgue into a swinging business, people have been dying to get in.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Ron Howard
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • love
  • work
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ron Howard
Written by
Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz
Starring
Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Gina Hecht, Pat Corley, Bobby Di Cicco, Nita Talbot, Basil Hoffman
Music
Burt Bacharach
Cinematography
James Crabe
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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