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.
as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
as Miss Em
as Dicey Johnson
as Dr. Thomas Adams
as Judge Walker
as Dr. Canady
as Rozelia
as Dr. Joe McGill
as Jake Walters
as Melba Wooley
as Judge Shoreham
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Boy (uncredited)
as Teejore (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Woman (uncredited)
as Loafer (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Woman (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Jeffers Wooley (uncredited)
as Mr. Goolby (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Police Chief Anderson (uncredited)
as Viola (Goolby's Saleslady) (uncredited)
as Boy (uncredited)
as Bailiff (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Girl (uncredited)
as Girl (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Loafer (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Intern (uncredited)
as George (Wooleys' Chauffeur) (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Matron (uncredited)
as Mr. Stanley (Wooleys' Attorney) (uncredited)
as Woman (uncredited)
as Medical Director (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
as Woman (uncredited)
as Young Man (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)