Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

7.7/10 130 min Drama Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Fannie Flagg

Teacher

Suzi Bass

Nurse

Haynes Brooke

Older Julian Threadgoode

Richard Riehle

Reverend Scroggins

Constance Shulman

Missy

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