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.

Release Date

September 28, 1949

Status

Released

Original Title

Pinky

Runtime

1h 42min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English

Production Companies

20th Century Fox