"A College Hero round whom is woven a picture of Love and Treachery." 24 October 1927 Drama 106 mins
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.
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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
Annette Benson as Mabel
Lilian Braithwaite as Lady Berwick
Isabel Jeans as Julia
Ian Hunter as Archie
Hannah Jones as Dresser
Barbara Gott as Madame Michet
Violet Farebrother as Poetess
Alf Goddard as Sailor
Constance Collier as Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited)
Daisy Jackson as The Seductive Waitress (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Director
Ivor Montagu Editor
C.M. Woolf Producer
Frank Mills Assistant Director
Michael Balcon Producer
Claude L. McDonnell Director of Photography
Bertram Evans Art Direction
Lionel Rich Editor
Bertram Evans Production Design
Michael Balcon Presenter
Eliot Stannard Scenario Writer
C.M. Woolf Presenter
Ivor Novello Original Story
Constance Collier Original Story
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Argentina 24 November 2014
Spain 07 November 2013
Finland 24 March 2013
France 03 September 2016
United Kingdom 09 November 2012
Portugal 25 February 1982
United States 01 January 1928
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Downhill 1927 Director Alfred Hitchcocks Silent Film - Full Movie.
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