Downhill (1927)

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Technical Information 3 DVD Recommendations 4 Recent DVD Releases 4.1 released in 2008 4.2 released in 2007 4.3 released in 2005 5 See Also... 6 Image Gallery 7 Film Frames 8 Themes 9 Cast and Crew

[edit] Synopsis

Public schoolboy Roddy Berwick is expelled from school when he takes the blame for a friend's theft and his life falls apart in a series of misadventures. (© IMDB)

[edit] Technical Information

• black & white
• sound mix: silent, with English intertitles
• aspect ratio: 1.33:1 Spherical
• running time: 80 minutes
• production studio: Gainsborough Pictures
• also known as:
  • "When Boys Leave Home" (USA)

[edit] DVD Recommendations

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[edit] Recent DVD Releases

• to view all of the DVD releases of this film, see Downhill (1927) - DVD releases

[edit] released in 2008

Downhill (1927) - Network (UK, 2008) - part of a box set PAL 1.33:1

[edit] released in 2007

Le Chant du Danube (1934) - Universal (France, 2007) PAL 1.33:1

[edit] released in 2005

Downhill (1927) - Video/Film Express (Netherlands, 2005) PAL 1.33:1 [01:22:09]

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[edit] See Also...

For further relevant information about this film, see also...

• 1000 Frames of Downhill (1927)
• Articles about Downhill (1927)
• Complete cast and crew
• Titles and Intertitles
• Web links to information, articles, reviews, etc

[edit] Image Gallery

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[edit] Film Frames

[edit] Themes

[edit] Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock
• Frank Mills - assistant director

Starring:

• Ivor Novello - Roddy Berwick
• Robin Irvine - Tim Wakely
• Isabel Jeans - Julia
• Ian Hunter - Archie
• Norman McKinnel - Sir Thomas Berwick
• Annette Benson - Mabel
• Sybil Rhoda - Sybil Wakely
• Lilian Braithwaite - Lady Berwick
• Violet Farebrother - The Poet
• Ben Webster - Doctor Dawson
• Hannah Jones - The Dressmaker
• Jerrold Robertshaw - Reverend Henry Wakely
• Barbara Gott - Madame Michet
• Alfred Goddard - The Swede
• J Nelson - Hibbert

Produced by:

• Michael Balcon
• C M Woolf

Written by:

• Constance Collier - original play
• Ivor Novello - original play
• Eliot Stannard - adaptation

Photographed by:

• Claude L McDonnell

Edited by:

• Ivor Montagu
• Lionel Rich

Art Direction by:

• Bertram Evans

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