Pinky (1949)

ALL 09/28/1949 (en) Drama 102 Min
  • Release
    09/28/1949
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    71%
  • Original title
    Pinky
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Elia Kazan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Harmon Jones

    Editor

  4. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Jeanne Crain

    Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

  2. Ethel Barrymore

    Miss Em

  3. Ethel Waters

    Dicey Johnson

  4. William Lundigan

    Dr. Thomas Adams

  5. Basil Ruysdael

    Judge Walker

  6. Kenny Washington

    Dr. Canady

  7. Nina Mae McKinney

    Rozelia

  8. Griff Barnett

    Dr. Joe McGill

  9. Frederick O'Neal

    Jake Walters

  10. Evelyn Varden

    Melba Wooley

  11. Raymond Greenleaf

    Judge Shoreham

  12. Fred Aldrich

    Townsman (uncredited)

  13. Shelby Bacon

    Boy (uncredited)

  14. Rene Beard

    Teejore (uncredited)

  15. Arthur Berkeley

    Townsman (uncredited)

  16. Mildred Boyd

    Nurse (uncredited)

  17. Margaret Brayton

    Nurse (uncredited)

  18. Paul Brinegar

    Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

  19. Noble 'Kid' Chissell

    Man (uncredited)

  20. Tom Coleman

    Townsman (uncredited)

  21. Eve Conrad

    Woman (uncredited)

  22. Bert Conway

    Loafer (uncredited)

  23. Jack Curtis

    Townsman (uncredited)

  24. Josette Deegan

    Woman (uncredited)

  25. Dick Dickinson

    Man (uncredited)

  26. Kay Garrett

    Townsman (uncredited)

  27. Everett Glass

    Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)

  28. William Hansen

    Mr. Goolby (uncredited)

  29. Jimmie Horan

    Townsman (uncredited)

  30. Arthur Hunnicutt

    Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)

  31. Jean Inness

    Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited)

  32. Wilfred Jackson

    Boy (uncredited)

  33. Frank Jaquet

    Bailiff (uncredited)

  34. Michael Jeffers

    Man (uncredited)

  35. Beverly Ruth Jordan

    Girl (uncredited)

  36. Geraldine Jordan

    Girl (uncredited)

  37. Pat Kane

    Man (uncredited)

  38. Philip Kieffer

    Man (uncredited)

  39. Read Killgore

    Loafer (uncredited)

  40. Al Kunde

    Townsman (uncredited)

  41. Warren Mace

    Intern (uncredited)

  42. Tiger Joe Marsh

    George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited)

  43. Russell Meeker

    Townsman (uncredited)

  44. Juanita Moore

    Nurse (uncredited)

  45. Robert Osterloh

    Police Officer (uncredited)

  46. Ruth Rickaby

    Matron (uncredited)

  47. Dan Riss

    Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)

  48. Katherine Sparks

    Woman (uncredited)

  49. George Spaulding

    Medical Director (uncredited)

  50. Harry Tenbrook

    Townsman (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 55 , Crews : 18

Keyword

Pinky (1949) 102 Min

ALL 09/28/1949 (en)
Drama
  • Release 09/28/1949
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Original title Pinky
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Elia Kazan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Harmon Jones

    Editor

  4. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer