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The Woman in Red is a 1984 movie directed by and starring funny man Gene Wilder. Wilder also wrote the script as an adaption of a French film from 1976. The movie was shot two years before its August 15, 1984 release date. It made over 25 million in the United States box office. The Woman in Red is about the obsessive minded San Francisco resident Teddy Pierce portrayed by Gene Wilder. Happily married to Didi, Teddy's thoughts continuously wonder to Charlote, the woman in red, a woman he noticed on the street as she walked over a grate and her red dress flew over her head. Completely obsessed, Teddy does all he can to cross paths with Charlotte and be social with her. Encouraged by friends, he changes the way he dresses and makes elaborate plans to be wherever she is. A third woman, Ms. Milner, is introduced into the story when Teddy mistakenly asks her on a date, then stands her up.