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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 28, 1949
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 10, 2006
Director
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Producer
Music
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20th Century Fox
Cast
Full credits →J
Jeanne Crain
Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
E
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Em
E
Ethel Waters
Dicey Johnson
W
William Lundigan
Dr. Thomas Adams
B
Basil Ruysdael
Judge Walker
K
Kenny Washington
Dr. Canady
N
Nina Mae McKinney
Rozelia
G
Griff Barnett
Dr. Joe McGill
F
Frederick O'Neal
Jake Walters
E
Evelyn Varden
Melba Wooley
R
Raymond Greenleaf
Judge Shoreham
F
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
S
Shelby Bacon
Boy (uncredited)
R
Rene Beard
Teejore (uncredited)
A
Arthur Berkeley
Townsman (uncredited)
M
Mildred Boyd
Nurse (uncredited)
M
Margaret Brayton
Nurse (uncredited)
P
Paul Brinegar
Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
N
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Man (uncredited)
T
Tom Coleman
Townsman (uncredited)
