A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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
Director
John Brahm
Tagline
"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!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Steve
May 27, 2016
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
February 8, 2017
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...
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