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1991 • 2h 10min • PG-13 • Comedy, Drama

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

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.

IMDb 7.7

RT 75%

MC 64

Director

Jon Avnet

Writers

Fannie Flagg

Carol Sobieski

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Kathy Bates

Evelyn Couch

Jessica Tandy

Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker

Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson

Idgie Threadgoode

Cicely Tyson

Sipsey

Stan Shaw

Big George

Chris O'Donnell

Buddy Threadgoode

Gailard Sartain

Ed Couch

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Kathy Bates Evelyn Couch

Jessica Tandy Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson Idgie Threadgoode

Cicely Tyson Sipsey

Stan Shaw Big George

Chris O'Donnell Buddy Threadgoode

Gailard Sartain Ed Couch

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Gary Basaraba Grady Kilgore

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Afton Smith Leona Threadgoode

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