PINKY (1949)

Pinky
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Pinky
The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!
Drama
September 28, 1949
English
1h 42m
United States
20th Century Fox

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.

Cast & Characters

Jeanne Crain

Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Ethel Waters

Dicey Johnson

William Lundigan

Dr. Thomas Adams

Basil Ruysdael

Judge Walker

Griff Barnett

Dr. Joe McGill

Frederick O'Neal

Jake Walters

Evelyn Varden

Melba Wooley

Raymond Greenleaf

Judge Shoreham

Fred Aldrich

Townsman (uncredited)

Shelby Bacon

Boy (uncredited)

Rene Beard

Teejore (uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Townsman (uncredited)

Mildred Boyd

Nurse (uncredited)

Margaret Brayton

Nurse (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Man (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Townsman (uncredited)

Eve Conrad

Woman (uncredited)

Bert Conway

Loafer (uncredited)

Jack Curtis

Townsman (uncredited)

Josette Deegan

Woman (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson

Man (uncredited)

Crew

Elia Kazan

Director

Philip Dunne

Screenplay

Dudley Nichols

Screenplay

Alfred Newman

Original Music Composer

Joseph MacDonald

Director of Photography

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