# The 1985 movie Tom Hanks admitted might be the worst of his career: “It made no money at all”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1985-movie-tom-hanks-admitted-might-be-the-worst-of-his-career-it-made-no-money-at-all/
- Published: 2026-07-17T08:18:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T07:15:12+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1985-movie-tom-hanks-thought-might-be-the-worst-of-his-career/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Hanks dismissed *The Man with One Red Shoe* as unfocused and unsuccessful.
- The 1985 CIA comedy was a box-office and critical disappointment.
- Its failure did not impede Hanks’ later career.

## Summary

Tom Hanks reportedly described the 1985 comedy *The Man with One Red Shoe* as potentially the worst film of his career, criticising its lack of focus and commercial failure. The article argues that the poorly received film stands apart from the acclaimed work that later established Hanks as one of Hollywood’s leading actors.

Directed by Stan Dragoti, the film follows an ordinary man mistakenly drawn into a CIA operation after being confused with a spy. Hanks told *Playboy* in 1989 that it was “not a very good movie” and said it “made no money at all”; critic Roger Ebert also gave it one star, chiefly faulting its lack of humour.

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