Pinky (1949)

1949 · Feature film · 102 min · dir. Elia Kazan

The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!

• Drama

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Synopsis

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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Details

Director

Elia Kazan

Writer

Philip Dunne

Composer

Alfred Newman

Cinematography

Joseph MacDonald

Studio

20th Century Fox

Released

1949-09-28

Running time

102 minutes

Cast & crew

• Elia Kazan Director
• Jeanne Crain
• Ethel Barrymore
• Ethel Waters
• William Lundigan
• Basil Ruysdael
• Kenny Washington
• Nina Mae McKinney
• Griff Barnett

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