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The Locket is a 1946 American psychological thriller film noir directed by John Brahm, starring Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, and Gene Raymond, and released by RKO Pictures.
The Locket: Directed by John Brahm. With Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, Gene Raymond. Just before a wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- John Brahm
- 1946-12-20
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics.
- John Brahm, Harry D'arcy, William E. Watts
- Laraine Day
Baffled, Blair mumbles that he has been confined to an insane asylum at Nancy's instigation. Just before the wedding ceremony, Willis' mother gives Nancy a family heirloom to wear...the locket. A myriad of childhood memories stir her, and she collapses.
The Locket. Flashbacks show why a psychiatrist (Brian Aherne) warned a man not to marry his ex-wife (Laraine Day). ... prime film noir from 1946, a dark romance that stirs darkness into melodrama...
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- Laraine Day
- John Brahm
- Drama
Robert Mitchum plays artist Norman Clyde, who had once coached Nancy to recollect a traumatic childhood incident from which sprang her immoral impulses. Brahm uses war-torn Europe as an unexpected setting in the final third of the film, an encounter in burned rubble one of the film’s highlights.
Overview. A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters. John Brahm. Director. Norma Barzman. Writer. Sheridan Gibney. Writer. Full Cast & Crew.