Pinky

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Dr. Adams prepares nurse Pinky for an assignement: "She's... under the hypo right now... Have you ever given a hypo?" (0:32)

Dowager Miss Em tells Pinky she will not take "any more of Joe McGill's stupid dope." Would this likely have been morphine or other narcotic analgesic?
Pinky: "They'll relieve the pain." (0:35)

Miss M tells Pinky, "Just prove you're addicted to the truth..." (0:43)

Cousin Melba asks Pinky, referring to Miss M, "She's nappin', or is she doped?"
M: "I never nap and I'm not doped." (0:53)

Em asks Dr. McGill, "What is that, dope?" (1:00)

Pinky's grandmonther Dicey and Pinky realize Em has died. (1:04)

Dicey and Pinky dressed in black return from funeral for Em. (1:08)

Jake tells Pinky, "The white folks are saying you kept Miss Em doped all the time." (1:12)

Attorney Stanley tells the court, "The deceased was unquestionably senile... and she was under the influence of drugs administered by the defendant." (1:21)

Retired Judge Walker, acting as Pinky's attorney, tells the court, "I do not believe that any of us who knew Miss Em... can accept the contention that she was insane." (122)

Mrs. Wooley tells the court about Miss Em, "She was doped." and later,  "I don't remember 'cause she was doped." (1:27)

Bereavement | narcotic analgesic | sedative | senile dementia | testamentary capacity

Based on the novel by Cid Ricketts Sumner: