"An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night."
Jane Fonda
as Iris King
Robert De Niro
as Stanley Cox
Swoosie Kurtz
as Sharon
Martha Plimpton
as Kelly King
Jamey Sheridan
as Joe
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
as Leonides Cox
Zohra Lampert
as Elaine
Loretta Devine
as Bertha
Kathy Kinney
as Bernice
Harley Cross
as Richard King
Julie Garfield
as Belinda
Karen Ludwig
as Melissa
Dortha Duckworth
as Librarian
Stephen Root
as Mr. Hentley
Eddie Jones
as Mr. Hagen
Katherine Cortez
as Jan
Mary Testa
as Joanne
Fred J. Scollay
as Mr. Delancey
Martin Ritt
Director
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
Harald Ortenburger
Camera Operator
David B. Cohn
Supervising Sound Editor
Steve Shewchuk
Set Decoration
Takashi Seida
Still Photographer
Kay Chapin
Script Supervisor
S. Karin Epstein
David Neil Trifunovich
Special Effects Supervisor
Leslie Bloom
Susanna David
Sidney Levin
Editor
Jim Van Wyck
Associate Producer
Jack Gill
Stunt Coordinator
Pat Barker
Novel
Dianne Crittenden
Casting
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Harriet Frank Jr.
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
Arlene Sellers
Producer
Patrick J. Palmer
Executive Producer
Craig DiBona
Steadicam Operator
Alex Winitsky
Alicia Keywan
Art Direction
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Joel Schiller
Production Design
Lacia Kornylo
Production Controller
Bruce MacCallum
First Assistant Camera
Richard Lightstone
Sound Mixer
Second Unit Director
Kathryn Blondell
Hairstylist
First Assistant Director
Princess O'Mahoney
Second Assistant Director
Steve Atha
Makeup & Hair
Tom Quinn
Lee C. Harmon
Makeup Artist
Gregory Palmer
Second Second Assistant Director
Chaim Kantor
Second Assistant Camera
Eric W. Orbom
Illya Woloshyn
Loop Group Coordinator