---
title: 'The Locket (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Brahm'
released: '1946-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-locket-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038700/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Locket (1946)

1946 · 85 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Brahm](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-brahm)
- **Screenplay:** [Sheridan Gibney](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheridan-gibney)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Producer:** [Bert Granet](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-granet)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicholas Musuraca](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-musuraca)

## Cast

- [Robert Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mitchum)
- [Nella Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/nella-walker)
- [Ricardo Cortez](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-cortez)
- [Laraine Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/laraine-day)
- [Gene Raymond](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-raymond)
- [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie)
- [Brian Aherne](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-aherne)
- [Frederick Worlock](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-worlock)
- [Vivien Oakland](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivien-oakland)
- [Wyndham Standing](https://cinepixo.com/people/wyndham-standing)

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