Released:
1991-12-27

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

Runtime:
2h 10min

Genre:
Drama, Comedy

• 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