![]() ![]() He reminds Chuck how they have no supervision on the night shift, and utters two words that change their lives forever: Love Brokers. The idea man immediately jumps on the opportunity. He makes the mistake of telling Bill about Belinda’s plight. She has also recently moved next door to Chuck, who finds her slumped in the elevator after being attacked by a customer.įeeling guilty about telling Bill to shut up and leave him alone, Chuck decides to open up and share some details about his life. Her life is in disarray because her pimp has just been murdered and now there is no one to protect her and her friends. Shelly Long is Belinda Keaton, the hooker with the heart of gold. His manic “idea man” walks away with every one of his scenes. ![]() It’s hard to believe that this is Keaton’s first feature film. He even carries a tape recorder with him at all times to catch such innovative ideas as edible paper and feeding mayonnaise to live tuna fish. Chuck’s new partner can’t keep his mouth shut for more than a few seconds. Billy Blaze (Michael Keaton in a star-making performance). All he wants is to be left alone.Įnter Bill Blazejowski, a.k.a. Chuck is the type of guy who is content to watch life pass by as long as he doesn’t have to get involved. But Winkler’s Chuck Lumley is the polar opposite of his Arthur Fonzarelli. You might think that having the coolest guy on television playing a pimp is a stroke of genius. Henry Winkler plays Chuck Lumley, recently demoted city morgue employee. While this might not sound like the basis for a comedy, Night Shift manages to make light of the illicit subject matter by focusing less on the bedroom and more on the unlikely friendships that develop between the three main characters. Allow me to explain.īefore Howard struck gold with the literal fish out of water comedy, Splash, he directed Night Shift, an overlooked and underrated classic about two aimless men running a prostitution ring out of the city morgue. When I think of Ron Howard, however, my first thoughts are of pimps and prostitutes. When most people think of Ron Howard as a director, they think of such dramas as The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon and A Beautiful Mind. Against his better judgement, he gets talked into the idea, only to find that it’s more than his boss that has objections to this bit of entrepreneurship. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night as their brothel. ![]() His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. Starring: Henry Winkler, Shelley Long, Michael KeatonĪ 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. ![]()
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