Film

Pinky

1949 · 1h 42m · Drama

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

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

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.

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)

• Elia KazanDirector
• Philip DunneScreenplay
• Dudley NicholsScreenplay
• Cid Ricketts SumnerNovel
• Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
• Joseph MacDonaldDirector of Photography
• Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
• Harmon JonesEditor

Release date

September 28, 1949

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama

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