12/2/2023 0 Comments Night shift 1982 review![]() Scared that he’ll end up like his old man, Chuck takes a risk for once in his life and joins Billy in running a prostitution ring out of the morgue. She and her fellow ladies of the evening are out of luck, as their rare benevolent pimp, Franklin, who watched their backs, has been put on ice by the local mob. Many of those scams fall flat until Billy learns that Chuck’s neighbor, Belinda (Shelley Long) is a prostitute. He quickly sees that when there’s no bosses around at the morgue, this is his chance to run scams out of the office. Billy is a schmuck, but he fancies himself a fast talking con man. While Chuck worries about everything, Billy worries about nothing. His mother nagged his father into an early grave, and he fears he will meet the same fate at the hands of his bossy fiance, Charlotte.Īll this changes when Chuck’s new morgue coworker, Billy Blaze (Michael Keaton) comes on the scene. You’d think he’d be happy to live a quiet life but still, there’s something burning inside him. No supervisors, very little to do and the customers, well, they’re dead so they can’t complain. For a wimpy, wishy washy man who won’t stand up for himself, it’s the perfect gig. He trades his shot at big money for a job working the night shift at the city morgue. ![]() Winkler plays chuck, a financial genius who gave up his job as a stock broker because he couldn’t handle the stressful, fast pace of Wall Street. This time it’s the 1982 comedy “Night Shift” starring Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton. BQB here and my corona movie marathon continues, taking the time to watch movies I otherwise probably would have never seen again.
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