Portugal / Feb 25, 1982 / Cinemateca Portuguesa
A College Hero round whom is woven a picture of Love and Treachery.
1h 46min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lilian Braithwaite | Lady Berwick |
| Isabel Jeans | Julia |
| Ian Hunter | Archie |
| Hannah Jones | Dresser |
| Barbara Gott | Madame Michet |
| Violet Farebrother | Poetess |
| Alf Goddard | Sailor |
| Constance Collier | Dance Hall Lady with Purse (uncredited) |
| Daisy Jackson | The Seductive Waitress (uncredited) |
| J. Nelson | Hibbert (uncredited) |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Downhill |
| Original language | EN |
| Spoken languages | No Language |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Gainsborough Pictures |
| Release date | 24 ottobre 1927 |
| Production | C.M. Woolf, Michael Balcon |
| Writer | Ivor Novello, Constance Collier, Eliot Stannard |
| Editing | Ivor Montagu, Lionel Rich |
| Cinematography | Claude L. McDonnell |
| Assistant directors | Frank Mills, Alfred Hitchcock |
| Camera operators | Claude L. McDonnell |
| Additional photography | Claude L. McDonnell |
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| Production design | Bertram Evans |
| Art direction | Bertram Evans |
| Set decoration | Bertram Evans |
Release dates
Limited release
United Kingdom / Nov 09, 2012 / U
Argentina / Nov 24, 2014 / Mar del Plata Film Festival
France / Sep 03, 2016 / Paris (digitally restored version)
Theatrical release
United Kingdom / Oct 24, 1927
United States / Jan 01, 1928 / NR
France / Jul 26, 1929
Physical media
United Kingdom / Aug 09, 2006 / U
Spain / Nov 07, 2013 / Blu-ray premiere
TV
Finland / Mar 24, 2013 / TV premiere
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