Top billed cast

1. 

   Laraine Day

   Nancy

2. 

   Brian Aherne

   Dr. Harry Blair

3. 

   Robert Mitchum

   Norman Clyde

4. 

   Gene Raymond

   John Willis

5. 

   Sharyn Moffett

   Nancy - Age 10

6. 

   Ricardo Cortez

   Drew Bonner

7. 

   Henry Stephenson

   Lord Wyndham

8. 

   Katherine Emery

   Mrs. Willis

9. 

   Reginald Denny

   Mr. Wendell

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Reviews

A review by Steve

Written by Steve on 2016-05-27

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 noir. The plot itself is relatively simple: Nancy (Laraine Day) is a kleptomaniac, driven to steal anything that strikes her fancy (the original title of the film was “What Nancy Wanted”...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• film noir
• wedding