Downhill
“A College Hero round whom is woven a picture of Love and Treachery.”
1927•NR•1h 46m•5.7•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Languages
No Language
Studio
Gainsborough Pictures
Cast
Ivor Novello
Roddy Berwick
Ben Webster
Dr. Dawson
Norman McKinnel
Sir Thomas Berwick
Robin Irvine
Tim Wakeley
Jerrold Robertshaw
The Rev. Henry Wakeley
Sybil Rhoda
Sybil Wakeley
Annette Benson
Mabel
Lilian Braithwaite
Lady Berwick
Isabel Jeans
Julia
Ian Hunter
Archie
Hannah Jones
Dresser
Barbara Gott
Madame Michet
Violet Farebrother
Poetess
Alf Goddard
Sailor
Constance Collier
Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)
Production
Company
Gainsborough Pictures
Producer
Michael Balcon
Producer
C.M. Woolf
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