It generated considerable controversy because of its subject of race relations and the casting of crain to play a black woman. 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. Directed by elia kazan, john ford
With jeanne crain, ethel barrymore, ethel waters, william lundigan Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been passing for white while at school in the north. Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house after graduating from a nursing school and falling in love with a young doctor.click show more for more movies!
Intro | what makes a great scene Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the south after graduating from a northern nursing school
