The Late Shift
The Late Shift
Release: 1996-02-24
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 6.4
Comedy
Drama
TV Movie
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Northern Lights Entertainment
HBO Films
Cast
Daniel Roebuck
as Jay Leno
Bob Balaban
as Warren Littlefield
Ed Begley Jr.
as Rod Perth
Reni Santoni
as John Agoglia
James Kiriyama-Lem
as Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference
Little Richard
as Little Richard
Edmund L. Shaff
as Jack Welsh
Kathy Bates
as Helen Kushnick
Peter Jurasik
as Howard Stringer
John Kapelos
as Robert Morton
Treat Williams
as Michael Ovitz
Wendy Cutler
as Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference
Kerry Noonan
as Letterman's Girlfriend
David Brisbin
as Alan Levine
Penny Peyser
as Susan Binford
Rich Little
as Johnny Carson
Lucinda Jenney
as Debbie Vickers
Ann Ryerson
as Betty Hudson
Arthur Taxier
as Lee Gabler
Angie Gray
as Mrs. Wright (uncredited)
John Michael Higgins
as David Letterman
John Getz
as Brandon Tartikoff
Sandra Bernhard
as Sandra Bernhard
Arnold F. Turner
as Reporter #3 Letterman Press Conference
Steven Gilborn
as Peter Lassally
Lawrence Pressman
as Bob Wright
Michael Fairman
as Michael Gartner
Susan Krebs
as Airport Attendant
Nicholas Guest
as Robert Iger
Ivan Kane
as Reporter #1
Aaron Lustig
as Paul Shaffer
Kevin Scannell
as Dick Ebersol
Cathy Worthington
as Kragen's Asst.
Michael Chieffo
as Rick Ludwin
Crew
George Armitage
Writer
Don Carmody
Producer
Ira Newborn
Original Music Composer
Ivan Reitman
Executive Producer
Garreth Stover
Production Design
Nancy Foy
Casting
Joe Medjuck
Co-Executive Producer
Robert Lorenz
Second Assistant Director
Jay Hart
Set Decoration
Mac Ahlberg
Director of Photography
Betty Thomas
Director