
The Late Shift (1996)
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Cast

John Michael Higgins
David Letterman

Daniel Roebuck
Jay Leno

Kathy Bates
Helen Kushnick

Bob Balaban
Warren Littlefield

Ed Begley Jr.
Rod Perth

Peter Jurasik
Howard Stringer

Reni Santoni
John Agoglia

John Kapelos
Robert Morton

Steven Gilborn
Peter Lassally

John Getz
Brandon Tartikoff

Lawrence Pressman
Bob Wright

Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard

Treat Williams
Michael Ovitz

David Brisbin
Alan Levine

Michael Chieffo
Rick Ludwin

Wendy Cutler
Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference

Michael Fairman
Michael Gartner

Nicholas Guest
Robert Iger

Lucinda Jenney
Debbie Vickers

Ivan Kane
Reporter #1

Susan Krebs
Airport Attendant

James Kiriyama-Lem
Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference

Aaron Lustig
Paul Shaffer

Kerry Noonan
Letterman's Girlfriend

Penny Peyser
Susan Binford

Little Richard
Little Richard

Ann Ryerson
Betty Hudson

Kevin Scannell
Dick Ebersol

Edmund L. Shaff
Jack Welsh

Arthur Taxier
Lee Gabler

Cathy Worthington
Kragen's Asst.

Rich Little
Johnny Carson

Arnold F. Turner
Reporter #3 Letterman Press Conference

Angie Gray
Mrs. Wright (uncredited)