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Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

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

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DramaComedy

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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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Budget

$11000000

Revenue

$119400000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

130 mins

Rating

7.702/10

Release Date

27 December 1991

Country

United States of America

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

Tom Even

Tom Even

Judge

Afton Smith

Afton Smith

Leona Threadgoode

Haynes Brooke

Haynes Brooke

Older Julian Threadgoode

Wallace Merck

Wallace Merck

KKK Man

Richard Riehle

Richard Riehle

Reverend Scroggins

Constance Shulman

Constance Shulman

Missy

Nick Searcy

Nick Searcy

Frank Bennett

Macon McCalman

Macon McCalman

Prosecutor Percy

Raynor Scheine

Raynor Scheine

Sheriff Curtis Smoote

Grace Zabriskie

Grace Zabriskie

Eva Bates

Reid Binion

Reid Binion

Young Julian Threadgoode

Danny Nelson

Danny Nelson

Papa Threadgoode

Nancy Moore Atchison

Nancy Moore Atchison

Little Idgie Threadgoode

Ginny Parker

Ginny Parker

Ruth's Mother

Tres Holton

Tres Holton

Boy at Supermarket

Ron McCall

Ron McCall

Ocie

David Dwyer

David Dwyer

Hooded Man

Lashondra Phillips

Lashondra Phillips

Young Naughty Bird

Kathy Larson

Kathy Larson

Beetle Girl #1

Missy Wolff

Missy Wolff

Beetle Girl #2

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Janeen

Grayson Fricke

Grayson Fricke

Buddy Threadgoode Jr.

Enjolik Oree

Enjolik Oree

Older Naughty Bird

Genevieve Fisher

Genevieve Fisher

Peggy Hadley

Bob Hannah

Bob Hannah

Defense Attorney

Ted Manson

Ted Manson

Bailiff

Carol Mitchell-Leon

Carol Mitchell-Leon

Sue Otis

Evan Lockwood

Evan Lockwood

Tim

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