Das Doppelleben des Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

Das Doppelleben des Dr. Clitterhouse: Directed by Anatole Litvak. With Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart, Allen Jenkins. A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.

“Highly enjoyable WB gangster movie with Edward G. Robinson as the title character, a doctor who becomes so obsessed with understanding the criminal mind he becomes a criminal himself. Itu0026#39;s somewhat difficult to categorize this movie. It definitely has a lot of comedy with Max Rosenbloom and Allen Jenkins especially. Not to mention all of Robinsonu0026#39;s deadpan lines. But the overall tone is that of a straightforward gangster drama. Itu0026#39;s a fun movie either way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRobinson is terrific, as always. He disliked doing gangster pictures but thatu0026#39;s all WB wanted him in. So he compromised by doing gangster movies that were different from the norm. A solid cast backs him up. In addition to Jenkins and Rosenbloom mentioned before, thereu0026#39;s Claire Trevor, Donald Crisp, and Humphrey Bogart as Rocks Valentine (what a name!). Bogart reportedly hated this role and considered it his worst. Iu0026#39;m not sure why that would be. Itu0026#39;s not that different from a dozen similar gangster roles he played in the u0026#39;30s. I can think of at least a couple of movies where his part was worse than this.”