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Plot Summary
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.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
67%- Reviews Counted: 9
- Fresh: 6
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 5.9/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Vivid, revealing and emotionally intense.
Rotten: The results are uneven, though fitfully interesting.
Fresh: Made at a time when racial discrimination was as much a part of the fabric of American life as apple pie, this is an early stab by Hollywood at countering racism.
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- $9.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 1949
- © 1940 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Renewed 1968 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.