Downhill
United Kingdom • 1927
Director
Synopsis
That’s the direction things go for boarding-school student and star rugby player Roddy Berwick (celebrated songwriter and matinee idol Ivor Novello) when he falls from golden boy to public disgrace and bottoms out as a Parisian gigolo after accepting the blame for a friend’s scandalous indiscretion. In his fourth film as director, also known as WHEN BOYS LEAVE HOME, Alfred Hitchcock puts forth the earliest expressions of what would become his recurring themes: the “wrong man” and the transference of guilt.
Synopsis
That’s the direction things go for boarding-school student and star rugby player Roddy Berwick (celebrated songwriter and matinee idol Ivor Novello) when he falls from golden boy to public disgrace and bottoms out as a Parisian gigolo after accepting the blame for a friend’s scandalous indiscretion. In his fourth film as director, also known as WHEN BOYS LEAVE HOME, Alfred Hitchcock puts forth the earliest expressions of what would become his recurring themes: the “wrong man” and the transference of guilt.
Credits
Crew
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
CinematographerClaude L. McDonnell
EditorLionel Rich, Ivor Montagu
ProducerMichael Balcon, C.M. Woolf
Cast
Ivor Novelloas Roddy Berwick
Ben Websteras Dr. Dawson
Norman McKinnelas Sir Thomas Berwick
Robin Irvineas Tim Wakeley
Jerrold Robertshawas The Rev. Henry Wakeley