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Pinky

1949-09-28 · 102 min · ★ 7.1

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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Directors
Elia Kazan
Production companies
20th Century Fox
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jeanne CrainJeanne CrainPatricia "Pinky" Johnson
Ethel BarrymoreEthel BarrymoreMiss Em
Ethel WatersEthel WatersDicey Johnson
William LundiganWilliam LundiganDr. Thomas Adams
Basil RuysdaelBasil RuysdaelJudge Walker
Kenny WashingtonKenny WashingtonDr. Canady
Nina Mae McKinneyNina Mae McKinneyRozelia
Griff BarnettGriff BarnettDr. Joe McGill
Frederick O'NealFrederick O'NealJake Walters
Evelyn VardenEvelyn VardenMelba Wooley
Raymond GreenleafRaymond GreenleafJudge Shoreham
Fred AldrichFred AldrichTownsman (uncredited)
Shelby BaconBoy (uncredited)
Rene BeardTeejore (uncredited)
Arthur BerkeleyTownsman (uncredited)
Mildred BoydNurse (uncredited)
Margaret BraytonMargaret BraytonNurse (uncredited)
Paul BrinegarPaul BrinegarWestern Union Clerk (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' ChissellNoble 'Kid' ChissellMan (uncredited)
Tom ColemanTownsman (uncredited)

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