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Fried Green Tomatoes

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

  • Movie
  • 1991
  • PG-13
  • 2h 10m

Directed by Jon Avnet

7.7

TMDB audience rating
7.7 out of 10 from 1,545 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Kathy Bates

    Kathy BatesEvelyn Couch

  • Jessica Tandy

    Jessica TandyNinny Threadgoode

  • Mary-Louise Parker

    Mary-Louise ParkerRuth Jamison

  • Mary Stuart Masterson

    Mary Stuart MastersonIdgie Threadgoode

  • Cicely Tyson

    Cicely TysonSipsey

  • Stan Shaw

    Stan ShawBig George

  • Chris O'Donnell

    Chris O'DonnellBuddy Threadgoode

  • Gailard Sartain

    Gailard SartainEd Couch

  • Timothy Scott

    Timothy ScottSmokey Lonesome

  • Gary Basaraba

    Gary BasarabaGrady Kilgore

  • Lois Smith

    Lois SmithMama Threadgoode

  • Jo Harvey Allen

    Jo Harvey AllenWoman's Awareness Teacher

  • Fannie Flagg

    Fannie FlaggTeacher

  • Suzi Bass

    Suzi BassNurse

  • Tom EvenJudge

  • Afton SmithLeona Threadgoode

  • Haynes Brooke

    Haynes BrookeOlder Julian Threadgoode

  • Wallace Merck

    Wallace MerckKKK Man

Director
Jon Avnet
Writer
Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski
Music
Thomas Newman
Cinematography
Geoffrey Simpson