The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Movie · 87 min · ★ 7.2 · 68% critics
A respected doctor becomes obsessed with understanding why people turn to crime, so he starts breaking the law to study it from the inside. As he joins a gang of thieves and rises within it, his clinical curiosity collides with greed, danger, and darkly comic trouble.
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Details
- Years
- 1938
- Release date
- 1938-07-20
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (57 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like offbeat vintage crime stories with dark humor and a clever hook, somewhere between The Wrong Arm of the Law and High Sierra; Not for you if you want a straight, serious gangster drama.
Pros: original premise; darkly funny tone; lively crime tension | Cons: uneven mix of comedy; occasionally far-fetched; lighter than expected
Themes
- research
- robbery
- society
- jewelry
- gangster
- paranoia
- psychology
- dark comedy
- sociopath
- doctor
- criminal
- criminal mind
Cast & crew
Edward G. Robinson
as Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse
Claire Trevor
as Jo Keller
Humphrey Bogart
as 'Rocks' Valentine
Allen Jenkins
as Okay
Donald Crisp
as Police Inspector Lewis Lane
Gale Page
as Nurse Randolph
Henry O'Neill
as Judge
John Litel
as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
Thurston Hall
as Grant
Ward Bond
as Tug
Directed by Anatole Litvak