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.
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Jane Fonda
Iris King
Robert De Niro
Stanley Cox
Swoosie Kurtz
Sharon
Martha Plimpton
Kelly King
Jamey Sheridan
Joe
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Leonides Cox
Zohra Lampert
Elaine
Loretta Devine
Bertha
Kathy Kinney
Bernice
Harley Cross
Richard King
Director
Martin Ritt
Screenplay
Irving Ravetch
Tagline
"Some people need love spelled out for them."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$23,000,000
Revenue
$5,820,015
Production
Star Partners II, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lantana Productions
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