Pinky

Pinky

102 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 1949

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.

Pinky

102 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 1949

Pinky
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Pinky
Directors Elia Kazan
Writers Cid Ricketts Sumner, Philip Dunne, Dudley Nichols

Cast

Jeanne Crain

as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Ethel Barrymore

as Miss Em

Ethel Waters

as Dicey Johnson

William Lundigan

as Dr. Thomas Adams

Basil Ruysdael

as Judge Walker

Kenny Washington

as Dr. Canady

Nina Mae McKinney

as Rozelia

Griff Barnett

as Dr. Joe McGill

Frederick O'Neal

as Jake Walters

Evelyn Varden

as Melba Wooley

Raymond Greenleaf

as Judge Shoreham

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)

Margaret Brayton

as Nurse (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

as Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

Noble Chissell

as Man (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

as Townsman (uncredited)

Eve Conrad

as Woman (uncredited)

Bert Conway

as Loafer (uncredited)

Jack Curtis

as Townsman (uncredited)

Josette Deegan

as Woman (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson

as Man (uncredited)

Kay Garrett

as Townsman (uncredited)

Everett Glass

as Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)

William Hansen

as Mr. Goolby (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan

as Townsman (uncredited)

Arthur Hunnicutt

as Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)

Jean Inness

as Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited)

Wilfred Jackson

as Boy (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

as Bailiff (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

as Man (uncredited)

Beverly Ruth Jordan

as Girl (uncredited)

Geraldine Jordan

as Girl (uncredited)

Pat Kane

as Man (uncredited)

Philip Kieffer

as Man (uncredited)

Read Killgore

as Loafer (uncredited)

Al Kunde

as Townsman (uncredited)

Warren Mace

as Intern (uncredited)

Tiger Joe Marsh

as George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited)

Russell Meeker

as Townsman (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

as Nurse (uncredited)

Robert Osterloh

as Police Officer (uncredited)

Ruth Rickaby

as Matron (uncredited)

Dan Riss

as Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)

Katherine Sparks

as Woman (uncredited)

George Spaulding

as Medical Director (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

as Townsman (uncredited)

Jim Toney

as Baggage Man (uncredited)

Bess Wade

as Woman (uncredited)

Pat Walshe

as Young Man (uncredited)

Blue Washington

as Man (uncredited)

Jasper Weldon

as Man (uncredited)