The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, Donald Crisp, Gale Page, Thurston Hall, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Ward Bond, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Bert Hanlon, Curt Bois, Vladimir Sokoloff, Billy Wayne
While trying to discover what makes the criminal mind work, the psychiatrist Dr. Clitterhouse (Edward G. Robinson) cracks a safe while attending a party. He then contacts beautiful Jo Keller (Claire Trevor) who fences stolen gems, she introduces him to gangster "Rocks" Valentine (Humphrey Bogart), and Clitterhouse ends up becoming enthralled with the underworld–all of which will lead to murder. "Rocks" is his victim, and Clitterhouse uses his psychiatric expertise to make the jury members find that he is insane.
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Me and My Gal 1932 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh, J. Farrell MacDonald, Noel Madison, Henry B. Walthall, George Chandler, Bert Hanlon, Will Stanton
Comedy reigns when a hard-boiled cop (Spencer Tracy) falls for a waitress (Joan Bennett) whose relatives are involved with the underworld.
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A Slight Case of Murder 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker, John Litel, Edward Brophy, Harold Huber, Paul Harvey, Margaret Hamilton, Eric Stanley, Bobby Jordan, Joe Downing, Bert Hanlon
Edward G. Robinson is again excellent as he plays a gangster who goes broke after Prohibition ends. His brewery collapses due to the terrible tasting product, and he heads to his summer home where the fun begins as assorted guests appear, and bodies of gangsters are discovered along with half a million dollars of their loot. A fine, funny flick.
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Wings in the Dark 1935  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Flood
Cast: Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Roscoe Karns, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dean Jagger, Bert Hanlon, James P. Burtis, Russell Hopton, Samuel S. Hinds, Matt McHugh
Skywriting pilot Sheila Mason (Myrna Loy) falls in love with, and encourages, a blind ex-pilot (Cary Grant) to publish stories about his flying experiences.
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| 1. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
2. Me and My Gal (1932)
3. A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
4. Wings in the Dark (1935)
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