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09/02/1990 Drama, Romance 1h 44m
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Some people need love spelled out for them.

Overview

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.

  1. Martin Ritt

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jane Fonda

    Iris King

  2. Robert De Niro

    Stanley Cox

  3. Swoosie Kurtz

    Sharon

  4. Martha Plimpton

    Kelly King

  5. Jamey Sheridan

    Joe

  6. Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

    Leonides Cox

  7. Zohra Lampert

    Elaine

  8. Loretta Devine

    Bertha

  9. Kathy Kinney

    Bernice

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$23,000,000.00

Revenue
$5,820,015.00

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