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Stanley & Iris

Some people need love spelled out for them.

  • Movie
  • 1990
  • PG-13
  • 1h 44m

Directed by Martin Ritt

6.5

TMDB audience rating
6.5 out of 10 from 184 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Jane Fonda

    Jane FondaIris King

  • Robert De Niro

    Robert De NiroStanley Cox

  • Swoosie Kurtz

    Swoosie KurtzSharon

  • Martha Plimpton

    Martha PlimptonKelly King

  • Jamey Sheridan

    Jamey SheridanJoe

  • Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

    Feodor Chaliapin Jr.Leonides Cox

  • Zohra Lampert

    Zohra LampertElaine

  • Loretta Devine

    Loretta DevineBertha

  • Kathy Kinney

    Kathy KinneyBernice

  • Harley Cross

    Harley CrossRichard King

  • Julie Garfield

    Julie GarfieldBelinda

  • Karen Ludwig

    Karen LudwigMelissa

  • Dortha Duckworth

    Dortha DuckworthLibrarian

  • Stephen Root

    Stephen RootMr. Hentley

  • Eddie Jones

    Eddie JonesMr. Hagen

  • Katherine CortezJan

  • Mary Testa

    Mary TestaJoanne

  • Fred J. Scollay

    Fred J. ScollayMr. Delancey

Director
Martin Ritt
Writer
Pat Barker, Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch
Music
John Williams
Cinematography
Donald McAlpine