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Downhill
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Downhill is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Produced by Michael Balcon and C. M. Woolf for Gainsborough Pictures, the movie was released on October 24, 1927. The screenplay was written by Eliot Stannard, Ivor Novello, and Constance Collier. The cast includes Ivor Novello, Robin Irvine, Isabel Jeans, and Ian Hunter. Ivor Montagu served as the film editor.
The narrative is set in London, England, and features keywords such as boarding school, stage show, headmaster, and fall guy. The film is presented in black-and-white with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Runtime estimates vary, with sources listing 106 or 110 minutes. Genres include adventure, drama, and thriller. It has been described with the tagline "A College Hero round whom is woven a picture of Love and Treachery."
Critical reception includes a review score of 5.4 out of 10 and an 83% rating. The TMDb vote average is 5.742, while the IMDb rating is 6.0. The film has been assessed under the Bechdel test. It is available on providers including HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, and HBO Max.
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Film · TMDB
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.
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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