Directed by John Brahm.
Falsely accused of stealing a locket as a child, Nancy Monks (Laraine Day) becomes an adult kleptomaniac, pathological liar, serial wife with multiple husbands, and murderess, all the while playing the beautiful innocent. Told in a series of flashbacks and flashbacks within flashbacks, director John Brahm dissects the complex psychology of its central character through conflicting subjective narratives, while his claustrophobic sets and high key lighting create an atmosphere of dread.
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Producer: Bert Granet. Screenwriter: Sheridan Gibney, Norma Barzman. Cinematographer: Nicholas Musuraca. Editor: J.R. Whittredge. Cast: Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, Gene Raymond, Sharyn Moffett.
16mm, b/w, 85 min.
