Pinky
1949/09/28 (US) | Drama
The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!
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.
Philip Dunne
Screenplay
Dudley Nichols
Screenplay
Elia Kazan
Director
Lead 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
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- 20th Century Fox
Crews
Cid Ricketts Sumner
Novel
Harmon Jones
Editor
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction