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The Locket

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Flashbacks show why a psychiatrist (Brian Aherne) warned a man not to marry his ex-wife (Laraine Day).
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Sean Axmaker Parallax View 03/24/2013
... prime film noir from 1946, a dark romance that stirs darkness into melodrama with the story of a kleptomaniac (Laraine Day) on her wedding day... Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 11/25/2010
C
A psychological drama about a woman with a dark secret from her childhood. Go to Full Review
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acsdoug D @acsdoug 07/05/2024 I liked the story, although they let the femme fatale off too easy in my book. See more Aldo G 01/07/2024 This psychological noir was a pleasant surprise. Saw it to see Robert Mitchum in a supporting role and loved all the performances. Script is smart and direction treats it so. See more mark g @Mark_Alan_G. 01/03/2024 Innovative movie, with a flashback leading to another flashback. Laraine Day is absolutely brilliant in her role as a very complex case study. Mitchum great as always. This film is just clever, very clever. See more 06/26/2018 John Brahm's moody film noir is notorious as the movie with a flashback inside of a flashback inside of a flashback. See more 12/21/2015 Laraine Day seems too good to be true...because she's a sociopath. However, her fiancé doesn't know the dark truth about her and it is up to Brian Aherne, her former husband and psychiatrist (of course), to tell him. When Aherne shows up on the wedding day, he isn't welcomed but he still gets to tell his tale which famously involves a flashback within a flashback within a flashback. The middle flashback is offered by none other than a young Robert Mitchum, as an artist who once romanced Day and caught her stealing and lying and maybe murdering. Somehow he tells Ahern about one of Day's own childhood memories that is seen in flashback. No one is sure if any of these narrators is reliable and Day denies it all until the end. The psychologizing is all a bit too pat and the film contains at least one leap of logic but otherwise it is a solid noir-ish drama. See more s r @ScottR 07/25/2015 Groundbreaking film noir filled with flashbacks a plenty. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Flashbacks show why a psychiatrist (Brian Aherne) warned a man not to marry his ex-wife (Laraine Day).
Director
John Brahm
Producer
Bert Granet
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 10, 2010
Runtime
1h 26m
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