Pinky (1949)

7.1/10 • 102 min • Drama

Overview

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

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)

Margaret Brayton

Nurse (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Man (uncredited)

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