
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.

Evelyn Couch

Ninny Threadgoode

Ruth Jamison

Idgie Threadgoode

Sipsey

Big George