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Downhill is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock released in USA on 1 january 1928 with Ivor Novello
Downhill (1927)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1928
Length 1h20
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Rating59%
Downhill is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ivor Novello, Robin Irvine, and Isabel Jeans, and based on the play Down Hill by Novello and Constance Collier. The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington studios. The film is Hitchcock's fifth film as director. The American alternative title for this film was When Boys Leave Home.
Synopsis
At an expensive English boarding school for boys, Roddy Berwick (Ivor Novello) is School Captain and star rugby player. He and his best friend Tim (Robin Irvine) start seeing a waitress Mabel (Annette Benson). Out of pique, she tells the headmaster that she is pregnant and that Roddy is the father. In fact it was Tim, who cannot afford to be expelled because he needs to win a scholarship to attend Oxford University. Promising Tim that he will never reveal the truth, Roddy accepts expulsion.Actors
Ivor Novello
(Roddy Berwick)
Isabel Jeans
(Julia)
Ian Hunter
(Archie)
Violet Farebrother
Norman McKinnel
(Sir Thomas Berwick)
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