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Downhill (1927)

Downhill (1927)

Drama

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

Release Date: 1927, October 24
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Gainsborough Pictures
Cast: Constance Collier, Ian Hunter, Ben Webster, Hannah Jones, Isabel Jeans, Violet Farebrother, Lilian Braithwaite, Alf Goddard, Barbara Gott, Jerrold Robertshaw, Ivor Novello, Robin Irvine

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

loyalty fall from grace boarding school father son conflict gigolo silent film downward spiral stage show dancehall headmaster expelled from school misfortune fall guy wrongly punished paid dance companion fallen man