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Pinky

The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!

1949 1h 42m 7.1Movie
Drama

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.

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Elia Kazan

Director

Cid Ricketts Sumner

Novel

Philip Dunne

Screenplay

Dudley Nichols

Screenplay

Top Cast

Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Crain

Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore

Miss Em

Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Dicey Johnson

William Lundigan

William Lundigan

Dr. Thomas Adams

Basil Ruysdael

Basil Ruysdael

Judge Walker

Kenny Washington

Kenny Washington

Dr. Canady

Nina Mae McKinney

Nina Mae McKinney

Rozelia

Griff Barnett

Griff Barnett

Dr. Joe McGill

Frederick O'Neal

Frederick O'Neal

Jake Walters

Evelyn Varden

Evelyn Varden

Melba Wooley

Raymond Greenleaf

Raymond Greenleaf

Judge Shoreham

Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich

Townsman (uncredited)

Shelby Bacon

Boy (uncredited)

Rene Beard

Teejore (uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Townsman (uncredited)

Mildred Boyd

Nurse (uncredited)

Margaret Brayton

Margaret Brayton

Nurse (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

Paul Brinegar

Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Man (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Townsman (uncredited)

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