10 Best Michael Keaton Performances

10. Bill Blazejowski

Night Shift is a 1982 film by Ron Howard, featuring Keaton and Henry Winkler (not mention a cameo from Kevin Costner and a very early appearance by Shannon Doherty). It is a straight up comedy, following the two leads as they run a prostitution business on the night shift at the New York City Morgue.

The film is a fairly fun, light affair. Keaton receives the lion's share of the praise for the film for his quick paced, frenetic role as Bill 'Blaze' Blazejowski (which is an amazing name), a man who quickly starts to thoroughly enjoy the work that he does, despite his partner's attempts to get out of the prostitution racket.

Winkler is also excellent as the down on his luck stockbroker Chuck Lumley, forced into this job to continue to pay his bills. His marriage is on the rocks, though he begins to (and eventually does) fall for his neighbour Belina, a woman who also happens to be his contact to the prostitutes they hire.

While the film speaks about all of these topics, it rarely visits any kind of heavy areas. Lumley's wife leaves him and the two men are arrested, though released. This is about the height of the consequences they encounter. It ends on a high, with Lumley meeting Belinda and Blaze in an adult bar, before heading out on the town together.