Downhill poster

Downhill

19271h 46mDrama
directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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

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Synopsis

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.

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
Annette Benson·Mabel
Lilian Braithwaite·Lady Berwick
Isabel Jeans·Julia
Ian Hunter·Archie

Average shot length

6.2s per shot

Alfred Hitchcock's career average is 16.6s across 54 measured films —see the full picture.