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Pinky (1949)

09/28/1949 (US)
01h 42m

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.

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Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Crain

Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Dicey Johnson

William Lundigan

William Lundigan

Dr. Thomas Adams

Basil Ruysdael

Basil Ruysdael

Judge Walker

Griff Barnett

Griff Barnett

Dr. Joe McGill

Frederick O'Neal

Frederick O'Neal

Jake Walters

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