The Locket

“Her Mysterious Secret Wrecked 3 Men's Lives! Not love, not money...but a haunting hunger drove her to lie, cheat, steal. Why? IT'S THE STRANGEST SECRET EVER TOLD!”

6.3(42)19461h 25m

DramaCrimeThriller

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

Director

John Brahm

Cast

Laraine Day

Nancy

Brian Aherne

Dr. Harry Blair

Robert Mitchum

Norman Clyde

Gene Raymond

John Willis

Sharyn Moffett

Nancy - Age 10

Ricardo Cortez

Drew Bonner

Henry Stephenson

Lord Wyndham

Katherine Emery

Mrs. Willis

Reginald Denny

Mr. Wendell

Fay Helm

Mrs. Bonner

Helene Thimig

Mrs. Monks

Nella Walker

Mrs. Wendell

Reviews

2 reviews

felixxx999

9y ago

7.0

John Brahm’s The Locket (1946), or “What Nancy Wanted” Written by Wheeler Winston Dixon There are certainly any number of labyrinthianly complicated noirs, but nothing can quite prepare the viewer for the experience of watching John Brahm’s The Locket (1946), famous for its “flashback within a flashback within a flashback” structure, perhaps the most convoluted narrative in the history of no...

John Chard

9y ago

7.0

Don't tell me your conscience is bothering you? The locket is directed by John Brahm and based on a screenplay written by Sheridan Gibney, which in turn is adapted from the story "What Nancy Wanted" written by Norma Barzman. It stars Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum and Gene Raymond. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca. Story tells of how a bride to be, wh...