The Late Shift
Two heads fighting for the late night crown - One head's gotta roll.
6.4(65) 1996-02-24 95 minComedyDramaTV Movie
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
DirectorBetty Thomas
WriterGeorge Armitage
WriterBill Carter
Original Music ComposerIra Newborn
ProducerDon Carmody
Cast & characters
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
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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
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Nancy Cheryll Davis
as Reporter #2 Carnegie Hall
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Paul Elder
as Rupert Murdoch
Michael Fairman
as Michael Gartner
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John R. Fors
as Writer #2
Nicholas Guest
as Robert Iger
Lucinda Jenney
as Debbie Vickers
Ivan Kane
as Reporter #1
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Ken Kragen
as Ken Kragen
