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