Downhill (1927)
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 98 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man is falsely accused of a crime and expelled from his boarding school. He then tumbles through a series of misfortunes and moral compromises as he tries to survive on his own.
melancholicslow-burnbleakrestrainedvisually starkdramaticuneasydated
What happens
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 produced by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington studios. Downhill was Hitchcock's fourth film as director, but the fifth to be released. Its American alternative title was When Boys Leave Home. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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