The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938 | 1h 27m | Crime, Drama | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

Dr Clitterhouse is a psychiatrist, who decides he wants to investigate the criminal mind. In order to understand how thieves feel when they commit robberies, he steals jewels at a party. In trying to offload his ill gains he meets a real thief.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Anatole Litvak

CAST

Humphrey Bogart

Edward G. Robinson

Claire Trevor

Gale Page

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Host Intros

02:13
Robert Osborne Intro -- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Intro Aired: Jan 2016
Robert Osborne Introduces The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, 1938.

Related Videos

04:21
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Some Slight Mental Aberration
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Loyal nurse Randolph (Gale Page) tries to keep up as her employer (Edward G. Robinson), whos just informed her that he committed a series of big jewel heists, explains his reasoning, which is getting near science fiction, in the Warner Bros. crime drama The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, 1938.
03:40
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) The Guy's A Ghost
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Edward G. Robinson (title character, dabbling in jewel thievery to satisfy his scientific curiosity) has bluffed his way in to meet fence Jo Keller (Claire Trevor), surprised to find out shes a girl, Maxie Rosenbloom her goon, Humphrey Bogart her cohort Rocks, in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, 1938.
03:49
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) You Make The Perfect Target
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Its nowhere near clear what Edward G. Robinsons angle is, but hes the title character, at a society party, interrupting a burglary by Billy Wayne, Humphrey Bogart escaping, as hostess Mrs. Updyke (Georgia Caine) twitters, Anatole Litvak directing, in Warner Bros. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, 1938.
03:09
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The - (Original Trailer)
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A doctor (Edward G. Robinson) plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology in The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (1938), directed by Anatole Litvak.

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