Fried Green Tomatoes poster
Screenplay Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
Director Jon Avnet

Fried Green Tomatoes

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

Release Date: 1991-12-27

Duration: 130 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Kathy Bates
    Evelyn Couch
  • Mary-Louise Parker
    Ruth Jamison
  • Jessica Tandy
    Ninny Threadgoode
  • Nick Searcy
    Frank Bennett
  • Chris O'Donnell
    Buddy Threadgoode
  • Raynor Scheine
    Sheriff Curtis Smoote
  • Lois Smith
    Mama Threadgoode
  • Stan Shaw
    Big George
  • Cicely Tyson
    Sipsey
  • Grace Zabriskie
    Eva Bates