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Stanley & Iris

Some people need love spelled out for them.

1990 · PG-13 · 1h 44m

Directed by Martin Ritt

6.5

TMDB audience score
184 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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