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Stanley & Iris ( 1990 )

"Some people need love spelled out for them."

★6.5 /10 _(163.0)

104 min ● Feb 9, 1990 ● English

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.

Top Cast

Jane Fonda

Iris King

Robert De Niro

Stanley Cox

Swoosie Kurtz

Sharon

Martha Plimpton

Martha Plimpton

Kelly King

Jamey Sheridan

Joe

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

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

Dortha Duckworth

Librarian

Stephen Root

Mr. Hentley

Eddie Jones

Mr. Hagen

Katherine Cortez

Katherine Cortez

Jan

Mary Testa

Joanne

Fred J. Scollay

Fred J. Scollay

Mr. Delancey