Pinky (film)

Pinky
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Elia Kazan
Written by	Philip Dunne Dudley Nichols
Based on	Quality by Cid Ricketts Sumner
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Jeanne Crain Ethel Barrymore Ethel Waters William Lundigan
Cinematography	Joseph MacDonald
Edited by	Harmon Jones
Music by	Alfred Newman
Distributed by	20th Century-Fox
Release date	September 29, 1949 (1949-09-29)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3.8 million (rentals)[1]

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.

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.