Review of The Locket (1946) by Art S — 21 Dec 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.
This review of The Locket (1946) was written by Art S on 21 December 2015.
The Locket has generally received positive reviews.
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