PINKY (1949)

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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 Barrymore
Miss Em
Ethel Waters
Dicey Johnson
William Lundigan
Dr. Thomas Adams
Basil Ruysdael
Judge Walker
Kenny Washington
Dr. Canady
Nina Mae McKinney
Rozelia
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
Cid Ricketts Sumner
Novel
Philip Dunne
Screenplay
Dudley Nichols
Screenplay
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer