Fresh
It's directed by Hitchcock with imagination and, especially in the first half, much comedy.
Time Out
Downhill
A College Hero round whom is woven a picture of Love and Treachery.
1927 · 1h 46m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- Ivor Novello as Roddy Berwick
- Robin Irvine as Tim Wakely
- Ben Webster as Dr. Dawson
- Norman McKinnel as Sir Thomas Berwick
- Jerrold Robertshaw as The Rev. Henry Wakeley
- Sybil Rhoda as Sybil Wakely
- Annette Benson as Mabel
- Lilian Braithwaite as Lady Berwick
- Violet Farebrother Cast
- Isabel Jeans Cast
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