Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

PG-13 ★ 7.7/10 130 min Drama, Comedy United States English

Director: Jon Avnet

Novel: Fannie Flagg
Screenplay by: Carol Sobieski, Fannie Flagg

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Description

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.

Top 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

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