Fried Green Tomatoes(1991)
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.
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Evelyn Couch
Ninny Threadgoode
Ruth Jamison
Idgie Threadgoode
Sipsey
Big George
Buddy Threadgoode
Ed Couch
Smokey Lonesome
Grady Kilgore
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