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.
Genres:
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
Nina Mae McKinney as Rozelia
Griff Barnett as Dr. Joe McGill
Frederick O'Neal as Jake Walters
Evelyn Varden as Melba Wooley
Raymond Greenleaf as Judge Shoreham
Fred Aldrich as Townsman (uncredited)
Shelby Bacon as Boy (uncredited)
Rene Beard as Teejore (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley as Townsman (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd as Nurse (uncredited)
Margaret Brayton as Nurse (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar as Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Man (uncredited)
Tom Coleman as Townsman (uncredited)
Eve Conrad as Woman (uncredited)
Bert Conway as Loafer (uncredited)
Jack Curtis as Townsman (uncredited)
Josette Deegan as Woman (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson as Man (uncredited)
Kay Garrett as Townsman (uncredited)
Everett Glass as Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)
William Hansen as Mr. Goolby (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan as Townsman (uncredited)
Arthur Hunnicutt as Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)
Jean Inness as Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited)
Wilfred Jackson as Boy (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet as Bailiff (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers as Man (uncredited)
Beverly Ruth Jordan as Girl (uncredited)
Geraldine Jordan as Girl (uncredited)
Pat Kane as Man (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer as Man (uncredited)
Read Killgore as Loafer (uncredited)
Al Kunde as Townsman (uncredited)
Warren Mace as Intern (uncredited)
Tiger Joe Marsh as George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited)
Russell Meeker as Townsman (uncredited)
Juanita Moore as Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh as Police Officer (uncredited)
Ruth Rickaby as Matron (uncredited)
Dan Riss as Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)
Katherine Sparks as Woman (uncredited)
George Spaulding as Medical Director (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook as Townsman (uncredited)
Jim Toney as Baggage Man (uncredited)
Bess Wade as Woman (uncredited)
Pat Walshe as Young Man (uncredited)
Blue Washington as Man (uncredited)
Jasper Weldon as Man (uncredited)
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