Night Shift (1982)

Winkler and Keaton are buddies working the night shift at the city morgue when they realize they could increase their earnings by operating a call girl business on the side. The usual shenanigans ensue. This was Keaton's breakout role that sent him on a solid ten year run as an A star, it also modestly brought Fonzie to the big screen. Shelley Long is at her Shelley Longest in the role of sweet hooker, later she sort of got stuck in vacant pleasantries but in this one she has a little depth to her character and carries the lead female role well. I don't know if this helped inspire Risky Business but the plot lines have more than a few similarities. Worth a watch.

Continuing my plan to watch every Kevin Costner movie in order, I come to Night Shift.Plot In A Paragraph: Chuck (Henry Winkler) is a morgue attendant, who with the help of his new assistant (Michael Keaton) inadvertently becomes a pimp or as they call it "Love Brokers."I think this is a really enjoyable movie, Henry Winkler is fine and Shelly Long is OK, basically she is just her Cheers character, who is now a hooker, but Michael Keaton (In one of his first movie roles) is simply off the wall crazy. It's hard not to have a good time when he is on the screen. KC pops up during a party at the morgue. An early Ron Howard directorial effort, I enjoy this. 7/10

In my humble opinion, Ron Howard should have tried directing R rated comedies more often during his career as he shows here to have a real knack for it. Written by frequent collaborators Lowell Ganz and "Babaloo" Mandel, and marking an early joint effort for him and producer Brian Grazer, "Night Shift" is not only an agreeably saucy film, but the writers and director are also able to mine this material for a lot of heart, and the actors create likable, memorable characters. Howards' 'Happy Days' co-star Henry Winkler shines in a part far removed from that of the ultra-cool Fonz. He's Chuck Lumley, a timid, nerdy type who got stressed out working as an investment counselor and sought the peace and quiet of working in the city morgue. This doesn't last long when he's forced to work the night shift and partnered with wild man Bill "Blaze" Blazejowski (Michael Keaton, in one hell of a film debut), a talkative "idea man". Among his ideas are edible paper, therefore cutting down on garbage, and feeding mayonnaise to tunafish. Anyway, things take a bizarre turn for Chuck after he's made friends with Belinda (Shelley Long), a sweet hooker who's moved into his building. Her pimp has been knocked off and now her johns are taking advantage of her. So after some thought he agrees to Bills' idea that they should become the pimps for Belinda and all of her gal pals. This is great fun all the way through, with Keaton completely stealing the show as Blaze, and getting most of the good lines. Long admittedly makes for a rather unlikely hooker, but she still has a lot of appeal here and does look very nice cooking eggs in her underwear. The film does go on for quite a bit but is entertaining enough that you don't feel that much time going by. An impressive amount of familiar faces fill out supporting and bit parts: Gina Hecht, Pat Corley, Bobby Di Cicco, Nita Talbot, Howards' brother Clint, Joe Spinell, Richard Belzer, Grand L. Bush, Charles Fleischer, Vincent Schiavelli, Michael Pataki, Howard himself in dual cameo roles, Shannen Doherty, and Kevin Costner (you have to be quick to spot him) as a frat boy. Good score (by Burt Bacharach) and songs (by Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager); the songs include "That's What Friends Are For", sung by Rod Stewart, years before it was a hit for Dionne Warwick & Friends.Here's just a couple of lines to pique your interest:"This is Chuck to remind Bill to SHUT UP!" "Call Star-Kist." "Oh, that Barney Rubble...what an actor!" "LOOOVE brokers!"All in all, it's an 80s comedy worth seeking out or rediscovering.Eight out of 10.

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