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Creator/GinaHecht plays Chuck's boring, nagging fiancée Charlotte. Creator/ShannenDoherty made her film debut as one of the "Blue Bells" (Girl Scouts) that attack Chuck. Creator/KevinCostner can be seen, in his second film role, as one of the drunk frat boys at the party.
party. Creator/RichardBelzer plays one of the two goons that killed Belinda's first pimp, and who eventually come after Chuck.
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* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: Chuck, Belinda, and Bill walk away from the brothel after escaping.
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* SpitefulSpit: How Charlotte lets Chuck know that she's breaking up with him, by spitting into his face through the bars of the jail cell.
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* CreatorCameo: That's Ron Howard as the annoying saxophone player on the subway.
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* ScoutOut: A bunch of "Blue Bells"--that is, Girl Scouts--mistake Chuck for a mugger and attack him.
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Having been reassigned to the unenviable night shift at the New York City morgue where he works, mild-mannered Chuck Lumley (Winkler) struggles to get along with his new assistant, the wacky and exuberant Bill Blazejowski (Keaton, in his StarMakingRole). Meanwhile, Chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton (Long) is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold who's struggling to get along since her pimp was murdered. Chuck's GoodSamaritan efforts to help Belinda and Bill, and their penchant for {{Zany Scheme}}s, eventually lead to them running a prostitution ring out of the morgue. HilarityEnsues.
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Having been gotten reassigned to the unenviable night shift at the New York City morgue where he works, mild-mannered Chuck Lumley (Winkler) struggles to get along with his new assistant, the wacky and exuberant and downright wacky Bill Blazejowski (Keaton, in his StarMakingRole). Meanwhile, Chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton (Long) is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold who's struggling to get along since her pimp was murdered. Chuck's GoodSamaritan efforts to help Belinda and Bill, and their the latter's penchant for {{Zany Scheme}}s, eventually lead to them running a prostitution ring out of the morgue. HilarityEnsues.
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Providing a link to the article! Also, it was producer Brian Grazer who came up with the premise of “Night Shift” after reading a 1976 New York Times article about three guys getting arrested for running a prostitution ring inside of a morgue. “Night Shift” wasn’t conceived by the screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The screenwriter was inspired by Producer Brian Grazer conceived of the premise for ''Night Shift'' after reading a news item 1976 ''[[https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/28/archives/callgirl-ring-in-morgue-alleged-as-3-are-arrested.html New York Times]]'' article about three guys who got arrested for running a prostitution ring run out inside of a city morgue.
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Having been reassigned to the unenviable night shift at the New York City morgue where he works, mild-mannered Chuck Lumley (Winkler) struggles to get along with his new assistant, the wacky and exuberant Bill Blazejowski (Keaton, in his StarMakingRole). Meanwhile, Chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton (Long) is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold who is struggling to get along after her pimp was murdered. Chuck's GoodSamaritan efforts to help Belinda and Bill's penchant for {{Zany Scheme}}s eventually lead to them running a prostitution ring out of the city morgue. HilarityEnsues.
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Having been reassigned to the unenviable night shift at the New York City morgue where he works, mild-mannered Chuck Lumley (Winkler) struggles to get along with his new assistant, the wacky and exuberant Bill Blazejowski (Keaton, in his StarMakingRole). Meanwhile, Chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton (Long) is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold who is who's struggling to get along after since her pimp was murdered. Chuck's GoodSamaritan efforts to help Belinda and Bill's Bill, and their penchant for {{Zany Scheme}}s Scheme}}s, eventually lead to them running a prostitution ring out of the city morgue. HilarityEnsues.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Bill definitely seems to have this. His first scene has him practically bouncing off the walls.
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* TheBigRottenApple: It's early 80s New York and the grime is on full display.
* DestinationDefenestration: The movie kicks off with Belinda's pimp, F.D.R. Jones, being chased down by people he didn't pay, and tossed out the window of his apartment tied to a chair, just as a guy dunks a basketball (flattening the basket on his way down).
* DisposableFiance: Chuck's is Charlotte Koogle, played by GinaHechtHecht.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After Chuck methodically sets up his night shift desk, we hear Bill's arrival by his singing along to "Jumping Jack Flash" on a tape recorder, then bursting into the room and energetically introducing himself.
* HenpeckedHusband: Apparently, Chuck's mother attends a once-a-week seance just to yell at her deceased husband more.
* DestinationDefenestration: The movie kicks off with Belinda's pimp, F.D.R. Jones, being chased down by people he didn't pay, and tossed out the window of his apartment tied to a chair, just as a guy dunks a basketball (flattening the basket on his way down).
* DisposableFiance: Chuck's is Charlotte Koogle, played by Gina
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After Chuck methodically sets up his night shift desk, we hear Bill's arrival by his singing along to "Jumping Jack Flash" on a tape recorder, then bursting into the room and energetically introducing himself.
* HenpeckedHusband: Apparently, Chuck's mother attends a once-a-week seance just to yell at her deceased husband more.
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* MotorMouth: Bill, who seemingly talks all the frickin time.
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* {{Nepotism}}: Chuck gets reassigned to the night shift because his boss decided to give his nephew a job instead.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Bill is the Red to Chuck's Blue.
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* WeightWoe: Charlotte has this. She's introduced using an exercise bike to lose weight before her wedding... in nine months.
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''Night Shift'' is a 1982 comedy film directed by Creator/RonHoward and starring Creator/HenryWinkler, Creator/MichaelKeaton, and Creator/ShelleyLong.
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Having been reassigned to the unenviable night shift at the New York City morgue where he works, mild-mannered Chuck Lumley (Creator/HenryWinkler) struggles to get along with his new assistant, the wacky and exuberant Bill Blazejowski (Creator/MichaelKeaton in his StarMakingRole). Meanwhile, Chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton (Creator/ShelleyLong) is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold who is struggling to get along after her pimp was murdered. Chuck's GoodSamaritan efforts to help Belinda and Bill's penchant for {{Zany Scheme}}s eventually lead to them running a prostitution ring out of the city morgue. HilarityEnsues.
Having been reassigned to the unenviable night shift at the New York City morgue where he works, mild-mannered Chuck Lumley (Creator/HenryWinkler) struggles to get along with his new assistant, the wacky and exuberant Bill Blazejowski (Creator/MichaelKeaton in his StarMakingRole). Meanwhile, Chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton (Creator/ShelleyLong) is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold who is struggling to get along after her pimp was murdered. Chuck's GoodSamaritan efforts to help Belinda and Bill's penchant for {{Zany Scheme}}s eventually lead to them running a prostitution ring out of the city morgue. HilarityEnsues.
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''Night Shift'' is a 1982 comedy film directed by Creator/RonHoward.
Creator/RonHoward and starring Creator/HenryWinkler, Creator/MichaelKeaton, and Creator/ShelleyLong.
Having been reassigned to the unenviable night shift at the New York City morgue where he works, mild-mannered Chuck Lumley(Creator/HenryWinkler) (Winkler) struggles to get along with his new assistant, the wacky and exuberant Bill Blazejowski (Creator/MichaelKeaton (Keaton, in his StarMakingRole). Meanwhile, Chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton (Creator/ShelleyLong) (Long) is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold who is struggling to get along after her pimp was murdered. Chuck's GoodSamaritan efforts to help Belinda and Bill's penchant for {{Zany Scheme}}s eventually lead to them running a prostitution ring out of the city morgue. HilarityEnsues.
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Having been reassigned to the unenviable night shift at the New York City morgue where he works, mild-mannered Chuck Lumley (Henry Winkler) (Creator/HenryWinkler) struggles to get along with his new assistant, the wacky and exuberant Bill Blazejowski (Creator/MichaelKeaton in his StarMakingRole). Meanwhile, Chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton (Creator/ShelleyLong) is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold who is struggling to get along after her pimp was murdered. Chuck's GoodSamaritan efforts to help Belinda and Bill's penchant for {{Zany Scheme}}s eventually lead to them running a prostitution ring out of the city morgue. HilarityEnsues.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: By hooking up with Belinda, Chuck is cheating on his DisposableFiance.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: By hooking up with Belinda, Chuck is cheating on his DisposableFiance.Charlotte. But don't worry, it's okay because Charlotte is portrayed as boring and naggy.
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* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Once After Chuck starts to see and Belinda as a genuine romantic prospect, hook up, he just assumes that she will give up prostitution even though she has apparently no other means of supporting herself and he's still engaged to Charlotte at this point. The resulting disagreement results in a SecondActBreakup.
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Having been reassigned to the unenviable night shift at the New York City morgue where he works, mild-mannered Chuck Lumley (Henry Winkler) struggles to get along with his new assistant, the wacky and exuberant Bill Blazejowski (Creator/MichaelKeaton in his StarMakingRole). Meanwhile, Chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton (Creator/ShelleyLong) is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold who is struggling to get along after her pimp was murdered. Chuck's GoodSamaritan efforts to help Belinda and Bill's penchant for {{Zany Scheme}}s eventually lead to them running a prostitution ring out of the city morgue. HilarityEnsues.
No relation to Creator/StephenKing[='s=] ''Literature/NightShift''.
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* AngryGuardDog: Chuck is tormented by one throughout the film. After his CharacterDevelopment, he sends it away be yelling, "Go home!"
* BigShutUp: Bill carries around a tape recorder for all the times when he's struck by one of his "good ideas". At a moment when he's particularly annoyed at Bill, Chuck grabs his tape recorder and yells "This is Chuck telling Bill to SHUT UP!" into it.
* DisposableFiance: Chuck's is Charlotte Koogle, played by Gina Hecht
* ImAManICantHelpIt: Bill offers this as a reason why their scheme is moral, claiming that men will either use hookers to relieve their urges or else they will sexually assault little Girl Scouts. ("He goes and jumps on a Girl Scout and [[SkewedPriorities breaks her cookies]] and you call that moral?")
* PrisonRape: After ending up in prison, Chuck declares that, [[RockBottom "At this moment, I have sunk as low as I can go."]] Cue effeminate man holding up a piece of paper with hearts cut out of it. This joke is often judged to be homophobic.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The screenwriter was inspired by a news item about a prostitution ring run out of a city morgue.
No relation to Creator/StephenKing[='s=] ''Literature/NightShift''.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AngryGuardDog: Chuck is tormented by one throughout the film. After his CharacterDevelopment, he sends it away be yelling, "Go home!"
* BigShutUp: Bill carries around a tape recorder for all the times when he's struck by one of his "good ideas". At a moment when he's particularly annoyed at Bill, Chuck grabs his tape recorder and yells "This is Chuck telling Bill to SHUT UP!" into it.
* DisposableFiance: Chuck's is Charlotte Koogle, played by Gina Hecht
* ImAManICantHelpIt: Bill offers this as a reason why their scheme is moral, claiming that men will either use hookers to relieve their urges or else they will sexually assault little Girl Scouts. ("He goes and jumps on a Girl Scout and [[SkewedPriorities breaks her cookies]] and you call that moral?")
* PrisonRape: After ending up in prison, Chuck declares that, [[RockBottom "At this moment, I have sunk as low as I can go."]] Cue effeminate man holding up a piece of paper with hearts cut out of it. This joke is often judged to be homophobic.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The screenwriter was inspired by a news item about a prostitution ring run out of a city morgue.
