The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!
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.
Made in US
7.1/10
1949
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Cast
Jeanne Crain
As Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
Ethel Barrymore
As Miss Em
Ethel Waters
As Dicey Johnson
William Lundigan
As Dr. Thomas Adams
Basil Ruysdael
As Judge Walker
Kenny Washington
As Dr. Canady
Nina Mae McKinney
As Rozelia
Griff Barnett
As Dr. Joe McGill
Frederick O'Neal
As Jake Walters
Evelyn Varden
As Melba Wooley
Raymond Greenleaf
As Judge Shoreham
Fred Aldrich
As Townsman (uncredited)
Shelby Bacon
As Boy (uncredited)
Rene Beard
As Teejore (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
As Townsman (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd
As Nurse (uncredited)
Margaret Brayton
As Nurse (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar
As Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
As Man (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
As Townsman (uncredited)
Eve Conrad
As Woman (uncredited)
Bert Conway
As Loafer (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
As Townsman (uncredited)
Josette Deegan
As Woman (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson
As Man (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
As Townsman (uncredited)
Everett Glass
As Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)
William Hansen
As Mr. Goolby (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
As Townsman (uncredited)
Arthur Hunnicutt
As Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)
Jean Inness
As Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited)
Wilfred Jackson
As Boy (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
As Bailiff (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
As Man (uncredited)
Beverly Ruth Jordan
As Girl (uncredited)
Geraldine Jordan
As Girl (uncredited)
Pat Kane
As Man (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer
As Man (uncredited)
Read Killgore
As Loafer (uncredited)
Al Kunde
As Townsman (uncredited)
Warren Mace
As Intern (uncredited)
Tiger Joe Marsh
As George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited)
Russell Meeker
As Townsman (uncredited)
Juanita Moore
As Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh
As Police Officer (uncredited)
Ruth Rickaby
As Matron (uncredited)
Dan Riss
As Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)
Katherine Sparks
As Woman (uncredited)
George Spaulding
As Medical Director (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
As Townsman (uncredited)
Jim Toney
As Baggage Man (uncredited)
Bess Wade
As Woman (uncredited)
Pat Walshe
As Young Man (uncredited)
Blue Washington
As Man (uncredited)
Jasper Weldon
As Man (uncredited)
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