Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
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Pinky is harassed by racist local law enforcement while attempting to reclaim money owed to her grandmother. Two white men try to sexually assault her. Dr. Canady, a black physician, asks Pinky to train black nursing students, but Pinky plans to return to the North.
Pinky: Directed by Elia Kazan, John Ford. With Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan. A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.
- (3.4K)
- Drama
- Elia Kazan, John Ford
- 1949-11
Pinky (Jeanne Crain) is a black woman so fair-skinned she was able to pose as white throughout nursing school. Newly graduated, she flees south to visit her grandmother (Ethel Waters)...
- (18)
- Jeanne Crain
- Elia Kazan
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 at school in the North.
Nov 3, 2022 · A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race. Please remember to like this film and subscribe to Cinema4Reel for newly released films. A ...
- 102 min
- 1949
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Dec 23, 2023 · Drama, Racial, African-American. dir: Elia Kazan, John Ford. Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan. Pinky, a light-skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school.
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