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Pinky

Sep 28, 1949
1h 42m
★ 7.1

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Cast

Jeanne Crain

Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Jeanne Crain

Ethel Barrymore

Miss Em

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Waters

Dicey Johnson

Ethel Waters

William Lundigan

Dr. Thomas Adams

William Lundigan

Basil Ruysdael

Judge Walker

Basil Ruysdael

Kenny Washington

Dr. Canady

Kenny Washington

Nina Mae McKinney

Rozelia

Nina Mae McKinney

Griff Barnett

Dr. Joe McGill

Griff Barnett

Frederick O'Neal

Jake Walters

Frederick O'Neal

Evelyn Varden

Melba Wooley

Evelyn Varden

Raymond Greenleaf

Judge Shoreham

Raymond Greenleaf

Fred Aldrich

Townsman (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

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