tt0101921DramaComedy

Fried Green Tomatoes

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

7.7/ 10

1991

2h 10m

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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Director

Jon Avnet

Writer

Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski, Fannie Flagg

Studios

Universal Pictures, Act III Productions, Avnet/Kerner Productions, Electric Shadow Productions

Cast

42 credited

Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison
Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode

Fried Green Tomatoes

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