Summary
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is an American crime film first released in 1938,
directed by Anatole Litvak.
The film stars Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart, Allen Jenkins and Donald Crisp.
It has also been released under the title: The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Anatole Litvak
- Script: Barré Lyndon, John Wexley, John Huston
- Photo: Tony Gaudio
- Cast: Edward G. Robinson (Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse), Claire Trevor (Jo Keller), Humphrey Bogart (’Rocks’ Valentine), Allen Jenkins (Okay), Donald Crisp (Police Inspector Lewis Lane), Gale Page (Nurse Randolph), Henry O’Neill (Judge), John Litel (Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney), Thurston Hall (Grant), Max ’Slapsie Maxie’ Rosenbloom (Butch), Bert Hanlon (Pat ’Pal’), Curt Bois (Rabbit), Ward Bond (Tug), Vladimir Sokoloff (Popus ’Poopus’), Billy Wayne (Candy), Robert Homans (Lieutenant Ethelbert Johnson), Irving Bacon (Foreman of Jury), Edgar Dearing (Patrolman (scenes deleted)), Susan Hayward (Patient (scenes deleted)), Frank Anthony (Gambler in Room 920), Wade Boteler (Captain MacLevy), Sidney Bracey (Police Chemist), Georgia Caine (Mrs. Frederick R. Updyke), Romaine Callender (Roberts, Updyke’s Butler), Glen Cavender (Alarm Company Clerk), Loia Cheaney (Nurse Conner), Hal Craig (Detective Getting Rocks’ Fingerprints), Ray Dawe (Policeman), Hal K. Dawson (Pedestrian at Burglary Site), Earl Dwire (Surgeon), Frank Fanning (Fingerprint Expert), Mary Field (Millie, Mrs. Updyke’s Maid), Edward Gargan (Police Sergeant), William Haade (Mrs. Updyke’s Watchman), Winifred Harris (Mrs. Ganswoort, Patient), John Harron (Alarm Company Operator), Thomas E. Jackson (Inspector Connors), Mike Lally (Gambler in Room 920), Vera Lewis (Juror), Al Lloyd (Sequin Hotel Desk Clerk), Bruce Mitchell (Bailiff), Edmund Mortimer (Updyke’s Guest), Jack Mower (Second Detective), Ronald Reagan (Radio Announcer), Bob Reeves (Policeman), Frank Reicher (Professor O.J. Ludwig), Ky Robinson (Third Detective), Ruth Robinson (Updyke’s Guest), Eric Stanley (Dr. Ames), Larry Steers (Updyke’s Guest), Libby Taylor (Mrs. Jefferson, Jo’s Maid), Monte Vandergrift (First Detective, with Earphones), Joyce Williams (Patricia), William Worthington (Updyke’s Guest)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 87 min; B&W
- Aka: The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse
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