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.

Cid Ricketts Sumner

Novel

Elia Kazan

Director

Dudley Nichols

Screenplay

Philip Dunne

Screenplay

Cast

Jeanne Crain's headshot

Jeanne Crain

Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
Ethel Barrymore's headshot

Ethel Barrymore

Miss Em
Ethel Waters's headshot

Ethel Waters

Dicey Johnson
William Lundigan's headshot

William Lundigan

Dr. Thomas Adams
Basil Ruysdael's headshot

Basil Ruysdael

Judge Walker
Kenny Washington's headshot

Kenny Washington

Dr. Canady
Nina Mae McKinney's headshot

Nina Mae McKinney

Rozelia
Griff Barnett's headshot

Griff Barnett

Dr. Joe McGill

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