poster

1949

(09/28/1949) (US)

Drama,

1h 42m

70

User Score

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

Overview

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.

1949

70

User Score

(09/28/1949) (US)

Drama,

1h 42m

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

Overview

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

Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Crain

Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Dicey Johnson

William Lundigan

William Lundigan

Dr. Thomas Adams

Basil Ruysdael

Basil Ruysdael

Judge Walker

Griff Barnett

Griff Barnett

Dr. Joe McGill

Frederick O'Neal

Frederick O'Neal

Jake Walters

Evelyn Varden

Evelyn Varden

Melba Wooley

Raymond Greenleaf

Raymond Greenleaf

Judge Shoreham

Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich

Townsman (uncredited)

Shelby Bacon

Shelby Bacon

Boy (uncredited)

Rene Beard

Rene Beard

Teejore (uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Arthur Berkeley

Townsman (uncredited)

Mildred Boyd

Mildred Boyd

Nurse (uncredited)

Margaret Brayton

Margaret Brayton

Nurse (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

Paul Brinegar

Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Man (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Tom Coleman

Townsman (uncredited)