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Name: Pinky
Released: 1949-11-1
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan

Pinky

NR
1h 42m
1949

67%

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Pinky (Jeanne Crain), a black woman who works as a nurse in Boston, finds she is able to "pass for white." Afraid her true heritage will be discovered, she leaves her white fiancé (William Lundigan) and returns home to Mississippi. There, she helps her ailing grandmother (Ethel Waters) by caring for her employer (Ethel Barrymore), an imperious plantation owner. When she names Pinky heiress to her estate, the community rises in resentment, triggering a sensational court trial. Subject of landmark Supreme Court case in film censorship, this story about a mulatto woman's rights against prejudice, became itself, a battle for civil rights.

Director:

Elia Kazan

Producer:

Darryl F. Zanuck

Writer:

Philip Dunne, Dudley Nichols

Cast:

Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

67%

Reviews

Sunday Times (UK)

Dilys Powell

Pinky is an extremely moving piece of work; moving in its acting, its direction and its writing... It speaks to us with understanding, pity and indignation of the suffering, the courageous human figure.

October 3, 2023

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Baltimore Afro-American

B.M. Phillips

Pinky is an entertaining movie. It may have a different meaning for you. Be sure to see it.

February 3, 2022

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Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Nell Dodson Russell

Factually, in spite of the straight-out-of Hollywood conclusion, Pinky comes closer to getting at a few basic facts than either Lost Boundaries or Home of the Brave.

It is definitely good entertainment and intelligently adult... There is a minimum of preaching and propaganda.

It's a touching picture.

February 1, 2021

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