Drama

Pinky

- 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.

Release Date : 1949-09-28

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Original Name : Jeanne Crain

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Em

Original Name : Ethel Barrymore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dicey Johnson

Original Name : Ethel Waters

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Thomas Adams

Original Name : William Lundigan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Walker

Original Name : Basil Ruysdael

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Canady

Original Name : Kenny Washington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rozelia

Original Name : Nina Mae McKinney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Joe McGill

Original Name : Griff Barnett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jake Walters

Original Name : Frederick O'Neal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melba Wooley

Original Name : Evelyn Varden

Gender : Female

Character Name : Judge Shoreham

Original Name : Raymond Greenleaf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Aldrich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Shelby Bacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teejore (uncredited)

Original Name : Rene Beard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Berkeley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Mildred Boyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Margaret Brayton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Brinegar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Eve Conrad

Gender : Male

Character Name : Loafer (uncredited)

Original Name : Bert Conway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Curtis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Josette Deegan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Dickinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Kay Garrett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)

Original Name : Everett Glass

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Goolby (uncredited)

Original Name : William Hansen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmie Horan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Hunnicutt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Inness

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Wilfred Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bailiff (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Jaquet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Jeffers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Beverly Ruth Jordan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Geraldine Jordan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Kane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Philip Kieffer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Loafer (uncredited)

Original Name : Read Killgore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Kunde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Intern (uncredited)

Original Name : Warren Mace

Gender : Male

Character Name : George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited)

Original Name : Tiger Joe Marsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Russell Meeker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Juanita Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Police Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Osterloh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matron (uncredited)

Original Name : Ruth Rickaby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)

Original Name : Dan Riss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Katherine Sparks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Medical Director (uncredited)

Original Name : George Spaulding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Tenbrook

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baggage Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Jim Toney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Bess Wade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Walshe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Blue Washington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Jasper Weldon

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-09

Jeanne Crain is the eponymousous young nurse - of mixed race - trying to get by in her grandmother's Southern town. She takes a shine to local (white) doctor "Adams" (William Lundigan) but when her ethnicity becomes better knows, however, that all goes awry. Determined to head back to the more enlightened territories in the North, she is persuaded to stay and tend to a wealthy infirm lady "Miss Em" (Ethel Barrymore). Initially frosty, the two women gradually start to respect one and other, and she also begins to earn the appreciation of her doctor "McGill" (Griff Barnett). The old lady's death and subsequent will leaves "Pinky" and the whole town in a quandary that highlights bigotry and greed in equal measure. This is a powerful story with a strong ensemble cast. I could have done with some more of Barrymore - if only to further exemplify how these two characterful women developed their relationship, but there are good contributions from Ethel Walters and Even Varden as the rather odious "Melba" to compensate a little. The production is fine, it flows well with succinct dialogue and Elia Kazan makes the most of the original Sumner novel. The racism that this reflects is writ large and makes for a powerful piece of cinema.