
Pinky
1949 • Drama
Elia Kazan
Director
Status
Released
Release date
September 28, 1949
Duration
102 Min
Language
en
Popularity
2.3603
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Waters

William Lundigan

Basil Ruysdael

Kenny Washington

Nina Mae McKinney

Griff Barnett

Frederick O'Neal

Evelyn Varden

Raymond Greenleaf

Fred Aldrich

Margaret Brayton

Paul Brinegar

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Jack Curtis

Dick Dickinson

Everett Glass

William Hansen

Arthur Hunnicutt

Michael Jeffers

Juanita Moore

Robert Osterloh

Dan Riss

Harry Tenbrook

Jim Toney

Blue Washington