
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.

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