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71% Critic Match
Pinky
“The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!”
7.1 / 10• 1949• 1h 42m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jeanne Crain
Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
Lead
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Em
Ethel Waters
Dicey Johnson
William Lundigan
Dr. Thomas Adams
Basil Ruysdael
Judge Walker
Kenny Washington
Dr. Canady
Nina Mae McKinney
Rozelia
Griff Barnett
Dr. Joe McGill
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elia Kazan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Pinky is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
