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Pinky (1949)

★ 7.1/10 102 min Drama United States English
Director: Elia Kazan
Streaming: Not available
The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!

Description

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.

Top Cast

Jeanne Crain
Jeanne Crain Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore Miss Em
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters Dicey Johnson
William Lundigan
William Lundigan Dr. Thomas Adams
Basil Ruysdael
Basil Ruysdael Judge Walker
Kenny Washington
Kenny Washington Dr. Canady
Nina Mae McKinney
Nina Mae McKinney Rozelia
Griff Barnett
Griff Barnett Dr. Joe McGill

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