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58% Critic Match
Downhill
“A College Hero round whom is woven a picture of Love and Treachery.”
5.8 / 10• 1927• 1h 46m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ivor Novello
Roddy Berwick
Lead
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
LB
Lilian Braithwaite
Lady Berwick
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alfred Hitchcock's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Downhill is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
