

Pinky (1949)
- NR
- 09/28/1949 (US)
- Drama
- 1h 42m
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.
Philip Dunne
ScreenplayCid Ricketts Sumner
NovelDudley Nichols
ScreenplayElia Kazan
DirectorCast

Jeanne Crain
Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Em
Ethel Waters
Dicey Johnson
William Lundigan
Dr. Thomas Adams
Basil Ruysdael
Judge Walker
Kenny Washington
Dr. Canady
Nina Mae McKinney
Rozelia