Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
Tagline
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
Overview
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.
Director
Jon Avnet
Screenplay
Carol Sobieski
Screenplay
Fannie Flagg
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Status
Released
Budget
$11,000,000.00
Revenue
$119,418,501.00
Original Language
English
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Cast
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoo...
Mary-Louise Park...
Ruth Jamison
Mary Stuart Mast...
Idgie Threadgoo...
Cicely Tyson
Sipsey
Stan Shaw
Big George
Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoo...
Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch
Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith
Mama Threadgood...
Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awarene...
Fannie Flagg
Teacher
Suzi Bass
Nurse
Tom Even
Judge
Afton Smith
Leona Threadgoo...
Haynes Brooke
Older Julian Th...
Wallace Merck
KKK Man
Richard Riehle
Reverend Scrogg...
Constance Shulma...
Missy
Nick Searcy
Frank Bennett
Macon McCalman
Prosecutor Perc...
Raynor Scheine
Sheriff Curtis ...
Grace Zabriskie
Eva Bates
Reid Binion
Young Julian Th...
Danny Nelson
Papa Threadgood...
Nancy Moore Atch...
Little Idgie Th...
Ginny Parker
Ruth's Mother
Tres Holton
Boy at Supermar...
Ron McCall
Ocie
David Dwyer
Hooded Man
Lashondra Philli...
Young Naughty B...
Kathy Larson
Beetle Girl #1
Missy Wolff
Beetle Girl #2
LaTanya Richards...
Janeen
Grayson Fricke
Buddy Threadgoo...
Enjolik Oree
Older Naughty B...
Genevieve Fisher
Peggy Hadley
Bob Hannah
Defense Attorne...
Ted Manson
Bailiff
Carol Mitchell-L...
Sue Otis
Evan Lockwood
Tim
Featured Reviews
**An unfairly forgotten film, quite emotional, that women will find very good and men may or may not like, depending on their tolerance for films with a greater sentimental charge.** Director Jon A ...Show More
"Evelyn" (Kathy Bates) and her husband "Ed" (Gailard Sartain) are going through the motions in their marriage. They've long stopped making any effort for each other and she is a bit fed up. It's when ...Show More
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