The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
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46% of critics liked it
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37% of users liked it
(14,315 ratings)
In this rather routine adaptation of the French hit, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Richard (Tom Hanks) is a bicycling violinist who is innocently drawn into a nasty struggle for control of the CIA. Cooper (Dabney Coleman) is the unscrupulous current head honcho of the notorious U.S.… More In this rather routine adaptation of the French hit, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Richard (Tom Hanks) is a bicycling violinist who is innocently drawn into a nasty struggle for control of the CIA. Cooper (Dabney Coleman) is the unscrupulous current head honcho of the notorious U.S. agency, Ross (Charles Durning) is his nemesis, and Maddy (Lori Singer) works for Cooper. After Richard the violinist is forced into the picture, Maddy fights off an attraction to the rather dull man, and complications introduce enough gadgetry to fill a James Bond movie, almost. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stan Dragoti
- Written By
- Robert Klane
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jul 19, 1985 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
Red Shoe is sharp, clever, and witty as hell, ranking among the most likable Hanks films of the 1980s.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Not up to the original version, but it has its moments.
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Eric Meyerson, Filmcritic.com
demonstrates an adept touch at story-weaving and squeezing hearty amusement - if not big laughs - from preposterous situations
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Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Aimless, lifeless comedy from Hanks' phone-it-in period.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
One of Tom Hanks' speed bumps on the way to superstardom.
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Cast
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Tom Hanks
as Richard
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Lori Singer
as Maddy
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Dabney Coleman
as Cooper
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Charles Durning
as Ross
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Carrie Fisher
as Paula
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Edward Herrmann
as Brown
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Irving Metzman
as Virdon
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Tom Noonan
as Reese
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Gerrit Graham
as Carson
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David L. Lander
as Stemple
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Ritch Brinkley
as Hulse
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Frank Hamilton
as Edgar
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Ivy Bethune
as Female Patient
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Stephen Bradley
as CIA Agent
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Victoria Carroll
as Receptionist
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Julius J. Carry III
as CIA Agent
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Dortha Duckworth
as Natalie
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Patricia Gaul
as Mrs. Brown
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Art La Fleur
as CIA Agent
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Charles Levin
as CIA Dentist
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George Martin
as Senate Chairman
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Richard McGonagle
as CIA Agent
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Lisa Raggio
as Reporter
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Dan Resin
as Man in Car
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David Selberg
as Reporter
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David Ogden Stiers
as The Conductor
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Charles Walker
as Reporter
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Dan Ziskie
as Young American
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James Belushi
as Morris
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Noel de Souza
as Officer on Dock
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Damita Jo Freeman
as Waitress
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Tom Chiu
as Dickie
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C. Richard Clark
as Cab Driver
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Tom Rayhall
as Sgt. at Arms
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Mark Robman
as Dentist
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Sam Sako
as Dock Worker
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Jeff Ware
as Prof. Chermenko
