Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

130 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 27, 1991

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.

Fried Green Tomatoes

130 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 27, 1991

Fried Green Tomatoes
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Universal Pictures, Avnet/Kerner Productions, Act III Productions, Electric Shadow Productions, Fried Green Tomatoes Productions
Original title Fried Green Tomatoes
Directors Jon Avnet
Writers Carol Sobieski, Fannie Flagg

Cast

Kathy Bates

as Evelyn Couch

Jessica Tandy

as Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker

as Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson

as Idgie Threadgoode

Cicely Tyson

as Sipsey

Stan Shaw

as Big George

Chris O'Donnell

as Buddy Threadgoode

Gailard Sartain

as Ed Couch

Timothy Scott

as Smokey Lonesome

Gary Basaraba

as Grady Kilgore

Lois Smith

as Mama Threadgoode

Jo Harvey Allen

as Woman's Awareness Teacher

Fannie Flagg

as Teacher

Suzi Bass

as Nurse

Tom Even

as Judge

Afton Smith

as Leona Threadgoode

Haynes Brooke

as Older Julian Threadgoode

Wallace Merck

as KKK Man

Richard Riehle

as Reverend Scroggins

Nick Searcy

as Frank Bennett

Macon McCalman

as Prosecutor Percy

Raynor Scheine

as Sheriff Curtis Smoote

Grace Zabriskie

as Eva Bates

Reid Binion

as Young Julian Threadgoode

Danny Nelson

as Papa Threadgoode

Nancy Moore Atchison

as Little Idgie Threadgoode

Ginny Parker

as Ruth's Mother

Tres Holton

as Boy at Supermarket

Ron McCall

as Ocie

David Dwyer

as Hooded Man

Lashondra Phillips

as Young Naughty Bird

Kathy Larson

as Beetle Girl #1

Missy Wolff

as Beetle Girl #2

Grayson Fricke

as Buddy Threadgoode Jr.

Enjolik Oree

as Older Naughty Bird

Genevieve Fisher

as Peggy Hadley

Bob Hannah

as Defense Attorney

Ted Manson

as Bailiff

Carol Mitchell-Leon

as Sue Otis

Evan Lockwood

as Tim