Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
as Evelyn Couch
as Ninny Threadgoode
as Ruth Jamison
as Idgie Threadgoode
as Sipsey
as Big George
as Buddy Threadgoode
as Ed Couch
as Smokey Lonesome
as Grady Kilgore
as Mama Threadgoode
as Woman's Awareness Teacher
as Teacher
as Nurse
as Judge
as Leona Threadgoode
as Older Julian Threadgoode
as KKK Man
as Reverend Scroggins
as Missy
as Frank Bennett
as Prosecutor Percy
as Sheriff Curtis Smoote
as Eva Bates
as Young Julian Threadgoode
as Papa Threadgoode
as Little Idgie Threadgoode
as Ruth's Mother
as Boy at Supermarket
as Ocie
as Hooded Man
as Young Naughty Bird
as Beetle Girl #1
as Beetle Girl #2
as Janeen
as Buddy Threadgoode Jr.
as Older Naughty Bird
as Peggy Hadley
as Defense Attorney
as Bailiff
as Sue Otis
as Tim