The Locket

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

Cast

Laraine Day

as Nancy

Brian Aherne

as Dr. Harry Blair

Robert Mitchum

as Norman Clyde

Gene Raymond

as John Willis

Sharyn Moffett

as Nancy - Age 10

Ricardo Cortez

as Drew Bonner

Henry Stephenson

as Lord Wyndham

Katherine Emery

as Mrs. Willis

Reginald Denny

as Mr. Wendell

Fay Helm

as Mrs. Bonner

Reviews

Steve

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...

John Chard

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. Mu...

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