The Late Shift [30330] Released: 1996-02-24 Revenue: $0 Budget: $6,000,000 Profit: $-6,000,000 Runtime: 95 mins Popularity: 0.4835 Vote Average: 6.4 Vote Count: 60 Overview: David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show." Cast [43] John Michael HigginsDavid Letterman Daniel RoebuckJay Leno Kathy BatesHelen Kushnick Bob BalabanWarren Littlefie Ed Begley Jr.Rod Perth Peter JurasikHoward Stringer Reni SantoniJohn Agoglia John KapelosRobert Morton Steven GilbornPeter Lassally John GetzBrandon Tartikof Lawrence PressmanBob Wright Sandra BernhardSandra Bernhard Treat WilliamsMichael Ovitz David BrisbinAlan Levine Michael ChieffoRick Ludwin Wendy CutlerReporter #2 Lett Nancy Cheryll DavisReporter #2 Carn Paul ElderRupert Murdoch Michael FairmanMichael Gartner John R. ForsWriter #2 Nicholas GuestRobert Iger Lucinda JenneyDebbie Vickers Ivan KaneReporter #1 Ken KragenKen Kragen Susan KrebsAirport Attendan James Kiriyama-LemReporter #1 Lett Dan LipeWriter #1 Aaron LustigPaul Shaffer Cynthia LynchLaurie Diamond Michael C. McCarthyJim Brogan Kerry NoonanLetterman's Girl Penny PeyserSusan Binford Little RichardLittle Richard Ann RyersonBetty Hudson Kevin ScannellDick Ebersol Edmund L. ShaffJack Welsh Joanne TakahashiThai Waitress Arthur TaxierLee Gabler Cathy WorthingtonKragen's Asst. Rich LittleJohnny Carson Arnold F. TurnerReporter #3 Lett Dean FrancoisCBS Executive to Angie GrayMrs. Wright Trailers