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
Susan Krebs
as Airport Attendant
Kerry Noonan
as Letterman's Girlfriend
Rich Little
as Johnny Carson
David Brisbin
as Alan Levine
Nicholas Guest
as Robert Iger
Ivan Kane
as Reporter #1
James Kiriyama-Lem
as Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference
Little Richard
as Little Richard
Ann Ryerson
as Betty Hudson
Kathy Bates
as Helen Kushnick
Peter Jurasik
as Howard Stringer
Wendy Cutler
as Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference
Lucinda Jenney
as Debbie Vickers
Aaron Lustig
as Paul Shaffer
Arnold F. Turner
as Reporter #3 Letterman Press Conference
Angie Gray
as Mrs. Wright (uncredited)
Bob Balaban
as Warren Littlefield
Reni Santoni
as John Agoglia
Sandra Bernhard
as Sandra Bernhard
Michael Chieffo
as Rick Ludwin
Edmund L. Shaff
as Jack Welsh
Ed Begley Jr.
as Rod Perth
John Getz
as Brandon Tartikoff
Penny Peyser
as Susan Binford
Kevin Scannell
as Dick Ebersol
Cathy Worthington
as Kragen's Asst.
Treat Williams
as Michael Ovitz
Arthur Taxier
as Lee Gabler
John Michael Higgins
as David Letterman
Daniel Roebuck
as Jay Leno
John Kapelos
as Robert Morton
Steven Gilborn
as Peter Lassally
Lawrence Pressman
as Bob Wright
Michael Fairman
as Michael Gartner
Crew
Garreth Stover
Production Design
Jay Hart
Set Decoration
Betty Thomas
Director
Ira Newborn
Original Music Composer
Mac Ahlberg
Director of Photography
George Armitage
Writer
Joe Medjuck
Co-Executive Producer
Don Carmody
Producer
Nancy Foy
Casting
Robert Lorenz
Second Assistant Director
Ivan Reitman
Executive Producer