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Downhill
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5.7When 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.
Released: 1927-10-24106 minDir: Alfred HitchcockDrama
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
Themes
- boarding school
- stage show
- silent film
- headmaster
- fall guy
- misfortune
- wrongly punished
- dancehall
- paid dance companion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Constance Collier
- Cast member
- Ben Webster
- Producer
- C. M. Woolf
- Production company
- Gainsborough Pictures
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 80
- FilmAffinity ID
- 110202
- Image
- Benson, Irvine Downhill 1927 still.jpg
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- publication date
- 1927-10-24
- film editor
- Ivor Montagu
- title
- Downhill
- color
- black-and-white
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 83%
- Commons category
- Downhill (1927 film)
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