Downhill (1927)

10/24/1927 (GB) • 1h 46m

Drama

A College Hero round whom is woven a picture of Love and Treachery.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Ivor Novello

Roddy Berwick

Ben Webster

Dr. Dawson

Norman McKinnel

Sir Thomas Berwick

Robin Irvine

Tim Wakeley

Jerrold Robertshaw

The Rev. Henry Wakeley

Sybil Rhoda

Sybil Wakeley

Lilian Braithwaite

Lady Berwick


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

boarding school

stage show

silent film

headmaster

fall guy

expulsion

misfortune

wrongly punished

dancehall

paid dance companion

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