Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+7)
Critics 63Audiences 70GoodWatch 65
Metascore63
User score7.9
IMDb6.5
Letterboxd · 17 K ratings3.2/5
Box office
2.6×its budget
- Budget
- $8 M
- Worldwide
- $21 M
Worldwide it earned $13 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 46 min
A typical length for comedies, +6 min on the typical 100
typical 100106Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 29 more
Released
1982
July 30, 1982
44 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Golden Globe Awards1983
- Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy1983Nominated
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 45 more61 people
- Henry WinklerChuck Lumley
- Michael KeatonBill Blazejowski
- Shelley LongBelinda Keaton
- Gina HechtCharlotte Koogle
- Pat CorleyEdward Koogle
- Bobby Di CiccoLeonard
- Nita TalbotVivian
- Basil HoffmanDrollhauser
Tim RossovichLuke
Clint HowardJefferey
Joe SpinellManetti
Cheryl CarterTanya- BGBecky GonzalezLupe
- CGCorki GrazerSylvia
Jaid BarrymoreJoyce
Ava LazarSharon
Robbin YoungNancy
Ola RayDawn
Cassandra GavaJ.J.
Mimi LieberLinda
Ashley CoxJenny Lynn
Elizabeth CarderDolores
Dawn DunlapMaxine
Jeanne MoriMarsha
Directing · 1
- Ron Howard Director
Writing · 2
- Lowell Ganz Writer
- Babaloo Mandel Writer
Production · 3
- Don Kranze Executive Producer
- Brian Grazer Producer
- Jane Jenkins Casting
Camera · 1
- James Crabe Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Daniel P. Hanley Editor
- Mike Hill Editor
- Robert James Kern Editor
Sound · 1
- Burt Bacharach Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Jack T. Collis Production Design
- Peter Landsdown Smith Art Direction
- Richard C. Goddard Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Jodie Lynn Tillen Costume Design
Other crew · 3
- Buddy Joe Hooker Stunt Driver
- Erik Cord Stunt Double
- Freddie Hice Stunt Double
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