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Fried Green Tomatoes

7.719912h 10mPG-13MovieDramaComedy

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.

DirectorJon Avnet
WritersFannie Flagg·Carol Sobieski
ProducersAnne Marie Gillen·Norman Lear

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Cast · Directed by Jon Avnet

KBKathy Bates
Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
JTJessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode
MPMary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison
MMMary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode
CTCicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
Sipsey
SSStan Shaw
Stan Shaw
Big George
COChris O'Donnell
Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoode
GSGailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch
TSTimothy Scott
Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome
GBGary Basaraba
Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore
LSLois Smith
Lois Smith
Mama Threadgoode
JAJo Harvey Allen
Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awareness Teacher

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