The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

Edward G. Robinson shines in a fine comic role as Dr. Clitterhouse, a brilliant psychiatrist doing research into the criminal mind. The good doctor wants to gain a clearer understanding of how a thief feels when he's in the midst of a robbery, so strictly for academic purposes he tries to crack a safe at a high society party to which he's been invited. While trying to get rid of the jewels he swiped in the course of this experiment, Clitterhouse makes the acquaintance of "Rocks" Valentine (Humphrey Bogart), the tough-as-nails leader of a group of professional thieves. Clitterhouse is fascinated by Valentine and d...
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iscovers that he enjoys committing robberies, so he joins forces with Valentine's gang and uses his superior intellect to mastermind a series of daring and profitable heists. Clitterhouse is also beguiled by Jo Keller (Claire Trevor), a beautiful dame who fences stolen gems. But Valentine doesn't appreciate how Dr. Clitterhouse has worked his way into the gang, and he is soon looking for an opportunity to get him out of the picture. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse was co-written by John Huston and features several key members of the Warner Brothers stock company in supporting roles, including Allen Jenkins and Donald Crisp.
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Dr. Clitterhouse is gefascineerd door het werken met criminele gedachtengangen. Zijn interesse zit zelfs zo diep dat hij op de beste manier criminelen in actie kan zien als hij er zelf een wordt. Terwijl een hij probeert een safe op een feest te kraken is een georganiseerde bende dat ook van plan. Hij wordt opgenomen in de bende om hun te observeren in actie maar Rocks Valentine ziet hem liever dood.

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Obsessed with understanding the criminal mind, brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Clitterhouse (Edward G. Robinson) conducts an experiment by robbing a safe. When he's interrupted by a group of thieves led by Rocks Valentine (Humphrey Bogart), he decides to infiltrate the gang. Soon, he's planning a series of big heists with the gangsters, but just how far will he go for the sake of his research? Anatole Litvak directs this comedic gem.

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