The Man with One Red Shoe

A mild-mannered violinist named Richard finds himself at the center of a bureaucratic war between two CIA officials. When one of them, Ross, needs a distraction to protect himself from a rival at the agency, Richard is selected as a decoy. His odd appearance, including a single red shoe, makes him stand out, and he is soon treated as a suspected courier or spy while remaining unaware of why the intelligence services are suddenly watching his every move. Richard's ordinary life becomes a mess of surveillance and confusion, while an agent named Maddy, working for the man who set the scheme in motion, takes a personal interest in him.

Stan Dragoti directed the film, which followed his earlier comedies Love at First Bite and Mr. Mom and preceded the three further features he made between 1989 and 1991. Robert Klane wrote the screenplay, and Victor Drai produced. Tom Hanks plays Richard, with Dabney Coleman as Cooper, Lori Singer as Maddy, Charles Durning as Ross, Carrie Fisher as Paula and Edward Herrmann as Brown. A total of 37 cast members and 57 crew members are credited.

The production had a budget of 16 million US dollars and returned 9 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.7 from 16,702 votes, and on TMDB it also sits at 5.7, from 321 votes. A film critics' rating of 4.7 from 15 reviews places it below the audience scores.