Swing Shift

Swing Shift

1974 · 5 min · ★ 7.0 · Animation

Mike’s 1974 short film Swing Shift, where a department store security guard on the night shift tries to fend off a bunch of clothes that spring to life as the clock strikes midnight. Featuring Dan Collins as the guard, and scored with Bernard Herrmann’s Oscar-winning music from The Devil & Daniel Webster (1941).

Directed by Mike Jittlov

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