Synopsis
A 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. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbor complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night.
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Details
- Released
- 30 July 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Writers
- Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
- Budget
- $8,100,000
- Box office
- $21,095,683
- Countries
- United States of America
- Languages
- English
- Production
- The Ladd Company, Brian Grazer Productions
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Cast
Henry WinklerNominated
Michael Keaton
Shelley Long
Gina Hecht
Pat Corley
Bobby Di Cicco
Nita Talbot
Basil Hoffman
Tim Rossovich
Clint Howard