Synopsis
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.
Cast

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

Julie Garfield
Belinda

Karen Ludwig
Melissa

Dortha Duckworth
Librarian

Stephen Root
Mr. Hentley

Eddie Jones
Mr. Hagen
Katherine Cortez
Jan

Mary Testa
Joanne

Fred J. Scollay
Mr. Delancey
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