Pinky (film)
1949 film directed by Elia Kazan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pinky is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's 1946 novel Quality. It stars Jeanne Crain as the title character, a young light-skinned black woman who passes for white. It also stars Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters and William Lundigan.
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Directed by | Elia Kazan |
Written by | |
Based on | Quality by Cid Ricketts Sumner |
Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
Edited by | Harmon Jones |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3.8 million (rentals)[1] |
Pinky was released in the United States on September 29, 1949 by 20th Century-Fox. It generated considerable controversy because of its subject of race relations and the casting of Crain to play a black woman. It was nonetheless a critical and commercial success, and earned Crain, Barrymore and Waters Academy Award nominations.