The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Anatole Litvak

Writers:

Barré Lyndon (play)
John Wexley (writer) ...

Release Date:

30 July 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Crime

Tagline:

. . . a thunderbolt of thrills and intrigue

Plot:

Dr. Clitterhouse is fascinated with the working of the criminal mind. His interest is so deep that he...

Plot Keywords:

Criminal | Stolen Jewelry | Society | Scientific Theory | Insanity Defense

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 (as Maxie Rosenbloom)
Bert Hanlon	...	Pat 'Pal'
Curt Bois	...	Rabbit
Ward Bond	...	Tug
Vladimir Sokoloff	...	Popus 'Poopus'
Billy Wayne	...	Candy

Also Known As:

The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Norway:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1938) | USA:Approved (PCA #4154)

Company:

First National Pictures

Trivia:

Humphrey Bogart disparagingly referred to this movie as "The Amazing Doctor Clitoris".

Goofs:

Factual errors: Near the end of the movie there is a montage of newspaper headlines, the word PSYCHIATRIST is mis-spelled in the headline.

Quotes:

Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse: Crime and research.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bullets Over Hollywood (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I Wanna Go Back to Bali

Robinson, Bogart, and the Warner Brothers Stock Company at their best

Take a successful broadway play, add Edward G Robinson, Humphery Bogart, Claire Trevor and the Warner Brothers stock company to the mix and you can't go wrong. And this one doesn't go wrong.

Robinson plays Dr Clitterhouse, an extremely successful doctor catering only to High Society patients.

In reality Clitterhouse only wants to do a study on criminals with the hope of developing a cure for crime by finding out what makes these men tick.

To do this he joins a gang led by Trevor as the brains and Bogie as the Brawn.

Clitterhouse participates in their ventures and while on the job measures things like blood pressure, heartbeat and other vital signs, but what he doesn't count on is his near addiction to crime.

Robinson makes a great Clitterhouse(Cedric Hardwicke played him on Broadway)Bogart in his gangster milieu, plays Rocks Valentine like it is second nature to him. The Stock company in this one consists of Ward Bond, Vladimir Sokoloff, Maxie Rosenbloom, Donald Crisp, Gale Page and John Litel.

Dr Clitterhouse is a fun film, but don't ask him to make a house call