Night Shift
Ever since two enterprising young men turned the City Morgue into a swinging business, people have been dying to get in.
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7/30/1982Runtime
106 minsGenres
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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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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$8,100,000Revenue
$21,095,683Homepage
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Two bunglers at a New York City morgue get caught up in a scheme to run a prostitution ring from their workplace, resulting in a deeply weird comedy that finds humor in desperation and dysfunction. It's a film that treats its lowlife characters and bizarre setup with affection rather than judgment, mixing workplace comedy with crime-caper shenanigans.
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