Drama · United Kingdom · 1927 · 1h 46m

Downhill

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Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Ivor Novello as Roddy Berwick Ben Webster as Dr. Dawson Norman McKinnel as Sir Thomas Berwick Robin Irvine as Tim Wakeley Jerrold Robertshaw as The Rev. Henry Wakeley Sybil Rhoda as Sybil Wakeley
Crew
Claude L. McDonnell — Director of Photography Ivor Montagu — Editor Lionel Rich — Editor Michael Balcon — Producer C.M. Woolf — Producer Bertram Evans — Production Design
Tagline

A College Hero round whom is woven a picture of Love and Treachery.

Synopsis

When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.

Trailer Downhill — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
boarding schoolstage showsilent filmheadmasterfall guymisfortunewrongly punisheddancehallpaid dance companion
Key Collaborators
Alfred Hitchcock Director Claude L. McDonnell Director of Photography Ivor Montagu Editor Lionel Rich Editor Michael Balcon Producer C.M. Woolf Producer Bertram Evans Production Design
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