---
title: 'The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anatole Litvak'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-amazing-dr-clitterhouse-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029864/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

1938 · 87 min · Comedy, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a 1938 American crime film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and written by John Wexley and John Huston, based on the 1936 play The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, the first play written by short-story writer Barré Lyndon, which ran for three months on Broadway with Cedric Hardwicke after playing in London.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak)
- **Producer:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak), [Gilbert Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-miller)
- **Screenplay:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Barré Lyndon](https://cinepixo.com/people/barre-lyndon), [John Wexley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wexley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tony Gaudio](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-gaudio)
- **Editor:** [Warren Low](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-low)

## Cast

- [Allen Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-jenkins)
- [Ronald Reagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-reagan)
- [Frank Reicher](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-reicher)
- [Gale Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-page)
- [William Worthington](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-worthington)
- [Vera Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-lewis)
- [Claire Trevor](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-trevor)
- [Bob Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-reeves)
- [Thurston Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/thurston-hall)
- [Humphrey Bogart](https://cinepixo.com/people/humphrey-bogart)
- [Jack Mower](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mower)
- [Edward G. Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-g-robinson)
- [Mary Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-field)
- [John Litel](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-litel)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)

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