Pinky

Pinky (1949)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1949-09-28
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 44 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Elia Kazan
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From 44 Ratings

Summary

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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  • 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 'Kid' 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)
Writing Philip Dunne Screenplay
Writing Cid Ricketts Sumner Novel
Writing Dudley Nichols Screenplay
Editing Harmon Jones Editor
Production Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
Directing Elia Kazan Director
Camera Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography
Art Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Art J. Russell Spencer Art Direction
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Art Walter M. Scott Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Sound Alfred Newman Original Music Composer
Crew Elia Kazan Additional Writing
Crew Fred Sersen Special Effects
Sound Eugene Grossman Sound
Sound Roger Heman Sr. Sound
Sound Edward B. Powell Orchestrator

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