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