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The Locket is a 1946 suspense film directed by John Brahm.

Plot

A story told in a number of flashbacks from different points of view, this psychological drama tells the story of a bride-to-be who, as a child, was falsly accused of theft. She grows up to become a kleptomaniac and eventually a murderess. Apparently, all her misdeeds is an attempt by the woman to get her revenge on the world that has falsly accused her of stealing as a child by ruining people's lives. When she becomes engaged to the son of the woman who'd accused her of thievery, the young woman collapses on the altar.

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Film historians Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward praise the unusual melodrama in the RKO visual style. "It is distinctive in its flashbacks within flashbacks, with the story often being told by a third or fourth person removed. This device is handled effectively in preparation for the climactic flashback, which reveals the truth"

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