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Pinky( 1949)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jeanne Crain

      Patricia "Pinky" Johnson

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      Ethel Barrymore

      Miss Em

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      Ethel Waters

      Dicey Johnson

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      William Lundigan

      Dr. Thomas Adams

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      Basil Ruysdael

      Judge Walker

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      Kenny Washington

      Dr. Canady

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      Nina Mae McKinney

      Rozelia

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      Griff Barnett

      Dr. Joe McGill

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      Frederick O'Neal

      Jake Walters

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      Evelyn Varden

      Melba Wooley

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      Raymond Greenleaf

      Judge Shoreham

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      Fred Aldrich

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Shelby Bacon

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Rene Beard

      Teejore (uncredited)

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      Arthur Berkeley

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Mildred Boyd

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Margaret Brayton

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Paul Brinegar

      Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

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      Noble 'Kid' Chissell

      Man (uncredited)

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      Tom Coleman

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Eve Conrad

      Woman (uncredited)

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      Bert Conway

      Loafer (uncredited)

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      Jack Curtis

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Josette Deegan

      Woman (uncredited)

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      Dick Dickinson

      Man (uncredited)

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      Kay Garrett

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Everett Glass

      Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)

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      William Hansen

      Mr. Goolby (uncredited)

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      Jimmie Horan

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Arthur Hunnicutt

      Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)

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      Jean Inness

      Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited)

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      Wilfred Jackson

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Frank Jaquet

      Bailiff (uncredited)

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      Michael Jeffers

      Man (uncredited)

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      Beverly Ruth Jordan

      Girl (uncredited)

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      Geraldine Jordan

      Girl (uncredited)

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      Pat Kane

      Man (uncredited)

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      Philip Kieffer

      Man (uncredited)

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      Read Killgore

      Loafer (uncredited)

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      Al Kunde

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Warren Mace

      Intern (uncredited)

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      Tiger Joe Marsh

      George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited)

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      Russell Meeker

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Juanita Moore

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Robert Osterloh

      Police Officer (uncredited)

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      Ruth Rickaby

      Matron (uncredited)

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      Dan Riss

      Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)

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      Katherine Sparks

      Woman (uncredited)

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      George Spaulding

      Medical Director (uncredited)

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      Harry Tenbrook

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Jim Toney

      Baggage Man (uncredited)

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      Bess Wade

      Woman (uncredited)

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      Pat Walshe

      Young Man (uncredited)

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      Blue Washington

      Man (uncredited)

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      Jasper Weldon

      Man (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 09 2022
    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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • love
    • racism
    • will
    • nursing
    • old south
    • passing for white