Fried Green Tomatoes(1991)

The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.

77

2h 10m

  • 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

    Kathy Bates

    Evelyn Couch

  • Jessica Tandy

    Jessica Tandy

    Ninny Threadgoode

  • Mary-Louise Parker

    Mary-Louise Parker

    Ruth Jamison

  • Mary Stuart Masterson

    Mary Stuart Masterson

    Idgie Threadgoode

  • Cicely Tyson

    Cicely Tyson

    Sipsey

  • Stan Shaw

    Stan Shaw

    Big George

  • Chris O'Donnell

    Chris O'Donnell

    Buddy Threadgoode

  • Gailard Sartain

    Gailard Sartain

    Ed Couch

  • Timothy Scott

    Timothy Scott

    Smokey Lonesome

  • Gary Basaraba

    Gary Basaraba

    Grady Kilgore

  • Lois Smith

    Lois Smith

    Mama Threadgoode

  • Jo Harvey Allen

    Jo Harvey Allen

    Woman's Awareness Teacher

  • Fannie Flagg

    Fannie Flagg

    Teacher

  • Suzi Bass

    Suzi Bass

    Nurse

  • Haynes Brooke

    Haynes Brooke

    Older Julian Threadgoode

  • Richard Riehle

    Richard Riehle

    Reverend Scroggins

  • Constance Shulman

    Constance Shulman

    Missy

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    Status

    Released (Dec 27, 1991)

    Budget

    $11,000,000

    Revenue

    $119,418,501

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