Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
- Date of release
- 1991-12-27
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (1538)
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Jon Avnet
Casting
- Kathy Bates — Evelyn Couch
- Jessica Tandy — Ninny Threadgoode
- Mary-Louise Parker — Ruth Jamison
- Mary Stuart Masterson — Idgie Threadgoode
- Cicely Tyson — Sipsey
- Stan Shaw — Big George
- Chris O'Donnell — Buddy Threadgoode
- Gailard Sartain — Ed Couch
- Timothy Scott — Smokey Lonesome
- Gary Basaraba — Grady Kilgore
- Lois Smith — Mama Threadgoode
- Jo Harvey Allen — Woman's Awareness Teacher
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