History Film / TheManWithOneRedShoe

Directed by Stan Dragoti and released in [[TheEighties 1985]], ''The Man with One Red Shoe'' is an American remake of the 1972 French film ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe'', in which comedian Creator/PierreRichard played the role later given to Hanks. It plays with many standard spy thriller tropes, and features a supporting cast including Creator/DabneyColeman, Creator/LoriSinger, Creator/CharlesDurning, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JimBelushi, Creator/EdwardHerrmann, Creator/DavidOgdenStiers, and Creator/DavidLander.

* FeedTheMole: The Director's house is wired for sound, which is why he has all important conversations out on his lawn with the sprinklers running, and stands directly in front of the bugs when he want to be sure they hear what he wants them to hear.

* ResignationsNotAccepted: [[spoiler: Used toward the FemmeFatale, who is willing to betray her employer. [[{{Subverted|Trope}} when she turns state evidence in exchange for clemency at the end, getting out of the game in the process.]]]]

* FanService:
** Carrie Fisher turns in the gold metal bikini for leopard print underwear.
** Lori Singer wears a SexyBacklessOutfit that goes as low as possible while still somehow keeping the PG rating.

* TheFool: Drew doesn't even know what is going on until the final quarter of the movie; it's only through dumb luck that he avoids getting shot, coming across a multiple murder in his own apartment, or [[spoiler: getting all his teeth pulled]] in a vain search for microfilm.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The Deputy sees no problem with committing murder and causing international incidents to secure a promotion. Meanwhile, the Director has no issues with throwing an innocent man under a bus to save his own skin. [[spoiler: The victor in the end is the Director's underling Brown, who is significantly more morally White than either of them, and ends up director of the CIA in the previous Director's place]].
* CassandraTruth: "There are [[spoiler: three]] dead men in your apartment"
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: Downplayed -there's not a single Russian agent anywhere in the film.

* FeedTheMole: The Director's house is wired for sound. Which is why he has all important conversations out on his lawn with the sprinklers running, and stands directly in front of the bugs when he want to be sure they hear what he wants them to hear.
* FemmeFatale: Used by the Deputy to get close to Drew. [[spoiler: Played arrow straight.]]
* ForeignRemake: Of the French film ''Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire'' (''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe''). [[spoiler: Biggest difference between the original and the remake: in the original the hero never realizes what's going on!]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The final chase scene ends with the Deputy bursting into the room after Drew, gun drawn. The room contains the Senate sub-committee, which he sweeps with his muzzle, and the FemmeFatale, who was in on the original frame-up and willing to testify in order to save the hero.]]

* MinimalisticCoverArt : The movie poster shows only a red shoe in a white background with only its lace lighted with a fuse and does not have star tom hanks and the title of the movie in it.

* ParanoiaGambit: the entire premise of the film, up to eleven:
-->'''Maddy''': Does this man look like a professional to you?\\
'''Cooper''': Well, of course he doesn't, honey! Think about it! If he wasn't a professional, do you think he would appear to ''be'' a professional?

* ResignationsNotAccepted: Used [[spoiler: toward the FemmeFatale, who is willing to betray her employer. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted, in that she turns states evidence in exchange for clemency at the end, getting out of the game in the process.]]]]

* TakeALevelInBadass: By the end, Drew has gone from a mild mannered musician to charging an oncoming car with his bike, using a wooden plank as a lance.

-->'''Carson''': How do I know which tooth?\\
'''Cooper''': Yeah... well, better just yank 'em all.
* TitleDrop: When the Director's right hand man picks him out of the crowd at the airport.
* TheFool: Drew doesn't even know what is going on until the final quarter of the movie, and it is only through dumb luck that he avoids getting shot, coming across a multiple murder in his own apartment, or [[spoiler: getting all his teeth pulled]] in a vain search for microfilm.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Creator/JamesBelushi is married to Creator/CarrieFisher [[spoiler: who no longer loves her hubby and keeps trying to seduce the main character.]]

* ParanoiaGambit: the entire premise of the film, UpToEleven:

When an ambitious deputy director frames the head of the CIA in a drug smuggling operation gone wrong, the director leaks info that a star witness will be coming into town, and sends his right hand man to the airport to make contact. The so called witness is [[RedHerring a dupe]] picked at random based on a signal made up on the fly.

That man is Richard Drew, concert violinist and title character. When the deputy director takes the bait, coming to more and more paranoid conclusions based on completely innocent aspects of his life, Drew is dragged into the deadly spy battle, complete with FemmeFatale, wiretaps, tailing agents and multiple assassinations.

Directed by Stan Dragoti and released in [[TheEighties 1985]], ''The Man with One Red Shoe'' is an American remake of the 1972 French film ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe'', in which comedian Creator/PierreRichard played the role later given to Hanks. It plays with many of the spy thriller tropes, and features a supporting cast including Creator/DabneyColeman, Creator/LoriSinger, Creator/CharlesDurning, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/EdwardHerrmann, and Creator/DavidOgdenStiers.

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Also, [[PlayedForLaughs it's a comedy]] starring Creator/TomHanks.

* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: The final chase scene ends with the Deputy bursting into the room after Drew, gun drawn. The room contains the Senate sub-committee, which he sweeps with his muzzle, and the FemmeFatale, who was in on the original frame-up and willing to testify in order to save the hero.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys[=/=]ThoseTwoBadGuys: Both the Director and Deputy employ a pair of agents for stakeouts and wetwork.

Directed by Stan Dragoti and released in [[TheEighties 1985]], ''The Man with One Red Shoe'' is an American remake of the 1972 French film ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe'', in which comedian Pierre Richard played the role later given to Hanks. It plays with many of the spy thriller tropes, and features a supporting cast including Creator/DabneyColeman, Creator/LoriSinger, Creator/CharlesDurning, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/EdwardHerrmann, and Creator/DavidOgdenStiers.