The Late Shift

The Late Shift
1996ComedyDramaTV Movie95 mins
★★★★★

Plot

David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."

  • Betty Thomas

    Director

  • George Armitage

    Writer

  • Bill Carter

    Writer

  • Mac Ahlberg

    Director of Photography

  • Peter Teschner

    Editor

  • John Michael Higgins

    David Letterman

  • Daniel Roebuck

    Jay Leno

  • Kathy Bates

    Helen Kushnick

  • Bob Balaban

    Warren Littlefield

  • Ed Begley Jr.

    Rod Perth

  • Peter Jurasik

    Howard Stringer

  • Reni Santoni

    John Agoglia

  • John Kapelos

    Robert Morton

  • Steven Gilborn

    Peter Lassally

  • John Getz

    Brandon Tartikoff

  • Lawrence Pressman

    Bob Wright

  • Sandra Bernhard

    Sandra Bernhard

  • Treat Williams

    Michael Ovitz

  • David Brisbin

    Alan Levine

  • Michael Chieffo

    Rick Ludwin

  • Wendy Cutler

    Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference

  • Nancy Cheryll Davis

    Reporter #2 Carnegie Hall

  • Paul Elder

    Rupert Murdoch

  • Michael Fairman

    Michael Gartner

  • John R. Fors

    Writer #2

  • Nicholas Guest

    Robert Iger

  • Lucinda Jenney

    Debbie Vickers

  • Ivan Kane

    Reporter #1

  • Ken Kragen

    Ken Kragen

  • Susan Krebs

    Airport Attendant

  • James Kiriyama-Lem

    Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference

  • Dan Lipe

    Writer #1

  • Aaron Lustig

    Paul Shaffer

  • Cynthia Lynch

    Laurie Diamond

  • Michael C. McCarthy

    Jim Brogan

  • Kerry Noonan

    Letterman's Girlfriend

  • Penny Peyser

    Susan Binford

  • Little Richard

    Little Richard

  • Ann Ryerson

    Betty Hudson

  • Kevin Scannell

    Dick Ebersol

  • Edmund L. Shaff

    Jack Welsh

  • Joanne Takahashi

    Thai Waitress

  • Arthur Taxier

    Lee Gabler

  • Cathy Worthington

    Kragen's Asst.

  • Rich Little

    Johnny Carson

    • Runtime

    95 minutes

    Released

    1996-02-24

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Northern Lights Entertainment

    HBO

    Sound

  • Ira Newborn

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    118 days ago

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