The Late Shift (1996) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Betty Thomas.

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
Nancy Cheryll Davis as Reporter #2 Carnegie Hall
Paul Elder as Rupert Murdoch
Michael Fairman as Michael Gartner
John R. Fors as Writer #2
Nicholas Guest as Robert Iger
Lucinda Jenney as Debbie Vickers
Ivan Kane as Reporter #1
Ken Kragen as Ken Kragen
Susan Krebs as Airport Attendant
James Kiriyama-Lem as Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference
Dan Lipe as Writer #1
Aaron Lustig as Paul Shaffer
Cynthia Lynch as Laurie Diamond
Michael C. McCarthy as Jim Brogan
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
Joanne Takahashi as Thai Waitress
Arthur Taxier as Lee Gabler
Cathy Worthington as Kragen's Asst.
Rich Little as Johnny Carson

Crew

Betty Thomas — Director
George Armitage — Writer
Bill Carter — Writer
Mac Ahlberg — Director of Photography
Ira Newborn — Original Music Composer
Don Carmody — Producer

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