The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) 5.4
A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA survelliance and pursuit. Director:Stan Dragoti |
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The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) 5.4
A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA survelliance and pursuit. Director:Stan Dragoti |
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| Dabney Coleman | ... |
Cooper
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Maddy
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| Charles Durning | ... |
Ross
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| Carrie Fisher | ... | ||
| Edward Herrmann | ... |
Brown
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| James Belushi | ... |
Morris
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Irving Metzman | ... |
Virdon
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| Tom Noonan | ... |
Reese
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| Gerrit Graham | ... |
Carson
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| David L. Lander | ... |
Stemple
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Ritch Brinkley | ... |
Hulse
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Frank Hamilton | ... |
Edgar
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Dortha Duckworth | ... |
Natalie
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| David Ogden Stiers | ... |
The Conductor
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Cooper, the deputy director of the CIA, wants to be the director. So, he tries to smear the director into resigning or being removed. The director, who knows that Cooper has been bugging him, feeds him some false information--that there's a man who might be able to clear of the charges against him will be arriving at the airport, so he sends his man, Brown to meet him. Brown was just suppose to make contact with anyone at the airport thus making Cooper believe that he is the man who can help the director. Brown picks Richard cause he is wearing mismatched shoes, one of them being red. So Cooper sets up surveillance on Richard and sends his femme fatale, Maddy to come on to him and find out what he knows. While Maddy is playing, Richard actually falls for her. Written by <rcs0411@yahoo.com>
OK, it's not the most brilliant piece of art in the world, but neither is it the turkey that the video guides make it out to be. It's a cute spy-cliché spoof with good performances from Hanks, Durning, Coleman, Belushi, Herrman and particularly Tom Noonan as the deadpan Agent Reese. Super music by Thomas Newman (one of his first scores), an elegant string of sight gags featuring Belushi and a couple of corpses, and a sweet ending scene more than make up for the underlying silliness of the plot and a handful of flatly delivered lines. Good to watch on a Sunday afternoon when you need to occupy your mind, but not TOO much.