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Downhill


Date: 1927
Type: Drama
Rating: 2 Stars 2/5
Colour: Black and White / Silent
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer:

Comment/Synopsis

A young man's life spiralls downhill after he is wrongly expelled from school. He gets involved with a couple in the theatre,marries her, but she then takes all his money and he ends up as a gigolo in Paris. The narative is weak in places but Alfred Hitchcock shows some of his visual style and creative cinematography in this film.

Actors

Ivor NovelloIvor Novello
Ben Webster
Norman McKinnel
Robin Irvine
Isabel JeansIsabel Jeans
Ian HUnterIan Hunter
Hannah Jones
Barbara Gott
Violet Fairbrother

Oscars

None
Production
Gainsborough Pictures