Fried Green Tomatoes

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

Duration: 130 min

Release date: 1991-12-27

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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.

Drama Comedy

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as Evelyn Couch

as Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker

as Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson

Mary Stuart Masterson

as Idgie Threadgoode

Chris O'Donnell

Chris O'Donnell

as Buddy Threadgoode

Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

as Smokey Lonesome

as Grady Kilgore

as Mama Threadgoode

Jo Harvey Allen

Jo Harvey Allen

as Woman's Awareness Teacher

as Leona Threadgoode

as Older Julian Threadgoode

as Reverend Scroggins

Constance Shulman

Constance Shulman

as Frank Bennett

as Prosecutor Percy

as Sheriff Curtis Smoote

Grace Zabriskie

Grace Zabriskie

as Young Julian Threadgoode

as Papa Threadgoode

Nancy Moore Atchison

Nancy Moore Atchison

as Little Idgie Threadgoode

as Ruth's Mother

as Boy at Supermarket

Lashondra Phillips

Lashondra Phillips

as Young Naughty Bird

as Beetle Girl #1

as Beetle Girl #2

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

as Buddy Threadgoode Jr.

as Older Naughty Bird

Genevieve Fisher

Genevieve Fisher

as Peggy Hadley

as Defense Attorney

Carol Mitchell-Leon

Carol Mitchell-Leon

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Casting Director

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Anne Marie Gillen

Anne Marie Gillen

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Associate Producer

Associate Producer

Music Supervisor

Music Supervisor

Alan Robert Murray

Alan Robert Murray

Supervising Sound Editor

Supervising Sound Editor

Stunt Coordinator

Elizabeth McBride

Elizabeth McBride

Production Design

Original Music Composer

Debra Neil-Fisher

Debra Neil-Fisher

Geoffrey Simpson

Geoffrey Simpson

Director of Photography

Bruce Paul Barbour

Bruce Paul Barbour

Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw

Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw

Second Assistant Director

First Assistant Director

Colleen Callaghan

Colleen Callaghan

Key Hair Stylist

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