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Pinky

71 %|Sep 28, 1949|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Philip Dunne
Screenplay
Cid Ricketts Sumner
Novel
Dudley Nichols
Screenplay
Harmon Jones
Editor
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Elia Kazan
Director
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction

Cast

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Jeanne Crain
Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
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Ethel Waters
Dicey Johnson
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William Lundigan
Dr. Thomas Adams
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Basil Ruysdael
Judge Walker
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Griff Barnett
Dr. Joe McGill
actor
Frederick O'Neal
Jake Walters
actor
Evelyn Varden
Melba Wooley
actor
Raymond Greenleaf
Judge Shoreham
actor
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
actor
Shelby Bacon
Boy (uncredited)
actor
Rene Beard
Teejore (uncredited)
actor
Arthur Berkeley
Townsman (uncredited)
actor
Mildred Boyd
Nurse (uncredited)
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Margaret Brayton
Nurse (uncredited)
actor
Paul Brinegar
Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Man (uncredited)
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Tom Coleman
Townsman (uncredited)
actor
Eve Conrad
Woman (uncredited)
actor
Bert Conway
Loafer (uncredited)
actor
Jack Curtis
Townsman (uncredited)
actor
Josette Deegan
Woman (uncredited)
actor
Dick Dickinson
Man (uncredited)
actor
Kay Garrett
Townsman (uncredited)
actor
Everett Glass
Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)
actor
William Hansen
Mr. Goolby (uncredited)
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Jimmie Horan
Townsman (uncredited)
actor
Arthur Hunnicutt
Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)
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Jean Inness
Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited)
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Wilfred Jackson
Boy (uncredited)
actor
Frank Jaquet
Bailiff (uncredited)
actor
Michael Jeffers
Man (uncredited)
actor
Beverly Ruth Jordan
Girl (uncredited)
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Geraldine Jordan
Girl (uncredited)
actor
Pat Kane
Man (uncredited)
actor
Philip Kieffer
Man (uncredited)
actor
Read Killgore
Loafer (uncredited)
actor
Al Kunde
Townsman (uncredited)
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Warren Mace
Intern (uncredited)
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Tiger Joe Marsh
George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited)
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Russell Meeker
Townsman (uncredited)
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Juanita Moore
Nurse (uncredited)
actor
Robert Osterloh
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Ruth Rickaby
Matron (uncredited)
actor
Dan Riss
Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)
actor
Katherine Sparks
Woman (uncredited)
actor
George Spaulding
Medical Director (uncredited)
actor
Harry Tenbrook
Townsman (uncredited)
actor
Jim Toney
Baggage Man (uncredited)
actor
Bess Wade
Woman (uncredited)
actor
Pat Walshe
Young Man (uncredited)
actor
Blue Washington
Man (uncredited)
actor
Jasper Weldon
Man (uncredited)