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Pinky

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 |1h 42m |  Drama

Cast

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Jeanne Crain

Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

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Ethel Barrymore

Miss Em

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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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Kenny Washington

Dr. Canady

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Nina Mae McKinney

Rozelia

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Griff Barnett

Dr. Joe McGill

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Frederick O'Neal

Jake Walters

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Evelyn Varden

Melba Wooley

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Raymond Greenleaf

Judge Shoreham

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Fred Aldrich

Townsman (uncredited)

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Margaret Brayton

Nurse (uncredited)

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Paul Brinegar

Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

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Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Man (uncredited)

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Jack Curtis

Townsman (uncredited)

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Dick Dickinson

Man (uncredited)

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Everett Glass

Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)

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William Hansen

Mr. Goolby (uncredited)

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Arthur Hunnicutt

Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)

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Michael Jeffers

Man (uncredited)

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Juanita Moore

Nurse (uncredited)

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Robert Osterloh

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Dan Riss

Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)

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Harry Tenbrook

Townsman (uncredited)

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Jim Toney

Baggage Man (uncredited)

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Blue Washington

Man (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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