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About
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.
Theatrical
Feb 9, 1990
Box Office
$5.8M
Budget
$23.0M
Return
0.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 13, 2004
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Star Partners II, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lantana Productions
Cast
Full credits →J
Jane Fonda
Iris King
Robert De Niro
Stanley Cox
S
Swoosie Kurtz
Sharon
M
Martha Plimpton
Kelly King
J
Jamey Sheridan
Joe
F
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Leonides Cox
Z
Zohra Lampert
Elaine
L
Loretta Devine
Bertha
K
Kathy Kinney
Bernice
H
Harley Cross
Richard King
J
Julie Garfield
Belinda
K
Karen Ludwig
Melissa
D
Dortha Duckworth
Librarian
S
Stephen Root
Mr. Hentley
E
Eddie Jones
Mr. Hagen
K
Katherine Cortez
Jan
M
Mary Testa
Joanne
F
Fred J. Scollay
Mr. Delancey
