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7.1Pinky, 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.
Released: 1949-09-28102 minDir: Elia KazanDrama
Cast
- Jeanne Crain as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
- Ethel Barrymore as Miss Em
- Ethel Waters as Dicey Johnson
- William Lundigan as Dr. Thomas Adams
- Basil Ruysdael as Judge Walker
- Kenny Washington as Dr. Canady
Themes
- love
- racism
- will
- nursing
- old south
- passing for white
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Ford
- Screenwriter
- Philip Dunne
- Cast member
- Harry Tenbrook
- Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Producer
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Joseph MacDonald
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 245635
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1950-01-01
- title
- Pinky
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- Harmon Jones
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 67%
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