Returning home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer is told by his wife, Joanna, that she is leaving him. After a lifetime of being "somebody''s wife," she's going off to find herself, leaving Ted to care for their six-year-old son.

Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to really know his son as few fathers do: cooking his meals, taking him to the park, understanding every need and fear. For the first time in his life he feels like a fulfilled parent. But then Joanna returns and she wants her son back.

Directed by
Robert Benton

Cast
Dustin Hoffman - Ted Kramer
Meryl Streep - Joanna Kramer
Jane Alexander - Margaret Phelps
Justin Henry - Billy Kramer
Howard Duff - John Shaunessy
George Coe - Jim O'Connor
JoBeth Williams - Phyllis Bernard
Bill Moor - Gressen
Howland Chamberlain - Judge Atkins
Jack Ramage - Spencer
Jess Osuna - Ackerman

Production Co.
Stanley Jaffe Productions

Produced by
Stanley R Jaffe
Richard C Fischoff

Studio
Columbia Pictures

Writer
Avery Corman
Robert Benton

Music
Henry Purcell