Pinky (1949)
The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!
- Released
- Runtime 1h 42m
- Director Elia Kazan
- Genres Drama
- Rating 7.1/10 (52 votes)
Synopsis
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
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Jeanne Crain
as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
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Ethel Barrymore
as Miss Em
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Ethel Waters
as Dicey Johnson
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William Lundigan
as Dr. Thomas Adams
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Basil Ruysdael
as Judge Walker
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Kenny Washington
as Dr. Canady
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Nina Mae McKinney
as Rozelia
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Griff Barnett
as Dr. Joe McGill
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Frederick O'Neal
as Jake Walters
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Evelyn Varden
as Melba Wooley
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Raymond Greenleaf
as Judge Shoreham
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Fred Aldrich
as Townsman (uncredited)
- Shelby Bacon as Boy (uncredited)
- Rene Beard as Teejore (uncredited)
- Arthur Berkeley as Townsman (uncredited)
- Mildred Boyd as Nurse (uncredited)
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Margaret Brayton
as Nurse (uncredited)
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Paul Brinegar
as Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
Crew
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Elia Kazan
Director
- Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography
- Harmon Jones Editor
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Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
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Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
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Philip Dunne
Screenplay
- Dudley Nichols Screenplay
