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.

Drama

Jeanne Crain

(Patricia "Pinky" Johnson)

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Waters

(Dicey Johnson)

William Lundigan

(Dr. Thomas Adams)

Basil Ruysdael

Kenny Washington

Nina Mae McKinney

Griff Barnett

(Dr. Joe McGill)

Frederick O'Neal

Evelyn Varden

Raymond Greenleaf

(Judge Shoreham)

Fred Aldrich

(Townsman (uncredited))

Shelby Bacon

(Boy (uncredited))

Rene Beard

(Teejore (uncredited))

Arthur Berkeley

(Townsman (uncredited))

Mildred Boyd

(Nurse (uncredited))

Margaret Brayton

(Nurse (uncredited))

Paul Brinegar

(Western Union Clerk (uncredited))

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

(Man (uncredited))

Tom Coleman

(Townsman (uncredited))

Eve Conrad

(Woman (uncredited))

Bert Conway

(Loafer (uncredited))

Jack Curtis

(Townsman (uncredited))

Josette Deegan

(Woman (uncredited))

Dick Dickinson

(Man (uncredited))

Kay Garrett

(Townsman (uncredited))

Everett Glass

(Jeffers Wooley (uncredited))

William Hansen

(Mr. Goolby (uncredited))

Jimmie Horan

(Townsman (uncredited))

Arthur Hunnicutt

(Police Chief Anderson (uncredited))

Jean Inness

(Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited))

Wilfred Jackson

(Boy (uncredited))

Frank Jaquet

(Bailiff (uncredited))

Michael Jeffers

(Man (uncredited))

Beverly Ruth Jordan

(Girl (uncredited))

Geraldine Jordan

(Girl (uncredited))

Pat Kane

(Man (uncredited))

Philip Kieffer

(Man (uncredited))

Read Killgore

(Loafer (uncredited))

Al Kunde

(Townsman (uncredited))

Warren Mace

(Intern (uncredited))

Tiger Joe Marsh

(George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited))

Russell Meeker

(Townsman (uncredited))

Juanita Moore

(Nurse (uncredited))

Robert Osterloh

(Police Officer (uncredited))

Ruth Rickaby

(Matron (uncredited))

Dan Riss

(Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited))

Katherine Sparks

(Woman (uncredited))

George Spaulding

(Medical Director (uncredited))

Harry Tenbrook

(Townsman (uncredited))

Jim Toney

(Baggage Man (uncredited))

Bess Wade

(Woman (uncredited))

Pat Walshe

(Young Man (uncredited))

Blue Washington

(Man (uncredited))

Jasper Weldon

(Man (uncredited))