Belinda leaves, and Chuck becomes angry with himself for being afraid. Chuck's fiancée Charlotte ends their engagement.Ĭhuck sees Belinda in the hall of their apartment complex, but again fails to express his true feelings for her. Chuck accepts this, but Bill sees it as an opportunity to bargain with the mayor's office. Because their arrest would be a political embarrassment, the two men are offered their old jobs back and a dismissal of all charges. Chuck and Bill are rescued, but are arrested for promoting prostitution. Bill inadvertently leads two undercover police officers to the morgue where Chuck is being assaulted by the pimps. Meanwhile, Chuck and Bill's foray into the prostitution business draws the ire of dangerous pimps who come to the morgue and threaten to kill Chuck. Chuck's passiveness keeps him from telling Belinda he loves her. They are inspired by the plight of Chuck's prostitute neighbor, Belinda, to apply Chuck's financial acumen and Bill's entrepreneurial spirit to open a prostitution service headquartered at the morgue.Ĭhuck falls in love with Belinda, but their relationship becomes complicated when Belinda refuses to quit prostitution. His displeasure at being "promoted" to night-shift supervisor to make room for his boss' nephew, Leonard, is exacerbated by the irrational exuberance of Bill "Blaze" Blazejowski, his new co-worker. Plot Ĭharles "Chuck" Lumley, formerly a successful stockbroker, has found a refuge from the ulcer-inducing Wall Street rat race in his job as an attendant at a New York City morgue. Winkler was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, while Keaton won the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. There are brief scenes with a young Kevin Costner as "frat boy #1", Shannen Doherty as a Bluebell scout, Vincent Schiavelli as a man who delivers a sandwich, and Charles Fleischer as one of the jail prisoners. Also appearing are Richard Belzer and Clint Howard. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler along with Michael Keaton, in his first starring role, and Shelley Long. 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. Night Shift is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard.
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