"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
Pat Barker
Novel
Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay
Irving Ravetch
Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Sidney Levin
Editor
Arlene Sellers
Producer
Alex Winitsky
Patrick J. Palmer
Executive Producer
Jim Van Wyck
Associate Producer
Joel Schiller
Production Design
Dianne Crittenden
Casting
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Leslie Bloom
Set Decoration
Steve Shewchuk
Alicia Keywan
Art Direction
Kay Chapin
Script Supervisor
Susanna David
Jack Gill
Stunt Coordinator
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Craig DiBona
Steadicam Operator
Harald Ortenburger
Camera Operator
S. Karin Epstein
Still Photographer
Takashi Seida
David B. Cohn
Supervising Sound Editor
David Neil Trifunovich
Special Effects Supervisor
Lacia Kornylo
Production Controller
Richard Lightstone
Sound Mixer
Lee C. Harmon
Makeup Artist
Kathryn Blondell
Hairstylist
Steve Atha
Makeup & Hair
Second Unit Director
Gregory Palmer
Second Second Assistant Director
Bruce MacCallum
First Assistant Camera
Chaim Kantor
Second Assistant Camera
First Assistant Director
Princess O'Mahoney
Second Assistant Director
Tom Quinn
Eric W. Orbom
Illya Woloshyn
Loop Group Coordinator