# Title?: classic B&W doctor brings patient home to his family

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**Tags:** drama\
**Created:** [June 23, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/title-classic-b-w-doctor-brings-patient-home-to-his-family/7353 "2024-06-23T21:00:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![sjr](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@sjr](https://filmfind.me/u/sjr)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/title-classic-b-w-doctor-brings-patient-home-to-his-family/7353/1 "2024-06-23T21:00:33Z")

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from 1938 to 1958, probably 40s or early 50s USA  
Doctor, maybe psychiatrist, brings female patient home to his family so she can recuperate. Slowly she manipulates them, spreads rumors, psychologically damages them all while seeming innocent. Doctor in denial about her true self. One family member is on to her and tries to expose her and get her to leave.  
Thank you!

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**Author:** ![MABV](https://filmfind.me/user_avatar/filmfind.me/mabv/32/2939_2.png) [@MABV](https://filmfind.me/u/MABV)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/title-classic-b-w-doctor-brings-patient-home-to-his-family/7353/2 "2024-06-23T21:50:13Z")

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Maybe " The Locket" (1946)?:

> **[The Locket (1946 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Locket_(1946_film))**
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> 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,\[citation needed\] 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.
> A respectable...

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**Author:** ![VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/41988e/32.png) [@VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/u/VHS_Lives)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/title-classic-b-w-doctor-brings-patient-home-to-his-family/7353/3 "2024-06-23T23:58:12Z")

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guest in the house

> **[Guest in the House (1944) - User reviews - IMDb](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0036886/reviews/)**
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> Guest in the House (1944) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...