Pinky

Pinky

1949
1h 42m
7.1

7.1/10

49 votes • View on IMDb

"The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!"

Overview

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date September 28, 1949
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0041746

Cast

Jeanne Crain
Jeanne Crain

Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore

Miss Em

Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters

Dicey Johnson

William Lundigan
William Lundigan

Dr. Thomas Adams

Basil Ruysdael
Basil Ruysdael

Judge Walker

Kenny Washington
Kenny Washington

Dr. Canady

Nina Mae McKinney
Nina Mae McKinney

Rozelia

Griff Barnett
Griff Barnett

Dr. Joe McGill

Frederick O'Neal
Frederick O'Neal

Jake Walters

Evelyn Varden
Evelyn Varden

Melba Wooley

Raymond Greenleaf
Raymond Greenleaf

Judge Shoreham

Fred Aldrich
Fred Aldrich

Townsman (uncredited)

Key Crew

Elia Kazan
Director
Philip Dunne
Screenplay
Dudley Nichols
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer