The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse - 1938

Nearly all of the characters' names are changed from the original play on which the film is based.

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

Continuity: At about 80 minutes into the film, the prosecutor cross examines the incomprehensible expert witness. In the first shot, the prosecutor unbuttons his jacket. In the next shot, he unbuttons it again.

Ronald Reagan's voice can be heard as a radio announcer, a job that Reagan held before he started as a film actor.

Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom was a boxer who converted his fame in the ring into a film career playing Runyonesque characters.

Susan Hayward had a part in the film, but her scenes were deleted.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse premiered in New York on 20 July, 1938, and went in to general American release on 30 July, and was mostly well received. The review in Variety called it "an unquestionable winner" and said that "Robinson...is at his best" and "Bogart's interpretation of the gangster chief...is topflight."

Humphrey Bogart later said that the role of "Rocks" Valentine was one of his least favorite.

Cast of The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Edward G. Robinson as Dr. Clitterhouse
Humphrey Bogart as 'Rocks' Valentine
Claire Trevor as Jo Keller
Allen Jenkins as Okay
Donald Crisp as Police Inspector Lewis Lane
Gale Page as Nurse Randolph
Henry O'Neill as the judge
John Litel as Mr. Monroe, the prosecuting attorney
Thurston Hall as Grant
Maxie Rosenbloom as Butch
Burt Hanlon as Pat 'Pal'
Curt Bois as Rabbit
Ward Bond as Tug
Vladimir Sokoloff as Popus 'Poopus'
Billy Wayne as Candy