The Locket (1946 film)

The Locket
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Brahm
Written byNorma Barzman
Sheridan Gibney
Produced byBert Granet
StarringLaraine Day
Brian Aherne
Robert Mitchum
Gene Raymond
CinematographyNicholas Musuraca
Edited byJ.R. Whittredge
Music byRoy Webb
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • December 20, 1946 (1946-12-20)[1]
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,750,000 (US)[2]

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 film is based on a screenplay by Sheridan Gibney,[citation needed] adapted from "What Nancy Wanted" by Norma Barzman, wife of later-blacklisted writer Ben Barzman. It is noted for its complex and confusing use of layered flashbacks within flashbacks to give psychological depth to the narrative.

  1. ^ "The Locket: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Variety (8 March 2018). "Variety (January 1948)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.