Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
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- $11M
- Box office
- $119.4M
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Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson
Sipsey
Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode
Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoode
Stan Shaw
Big George
Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch
Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith
Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awareness Teacher
