Downhill
1927 · 106 min
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Written by Constance Collier, Eliot Stannard, Ivor Novello. Starring Ivor Novello, Ben Webster, Norman McKinnel, Robin Irvine.
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.
Critics 83% · audiences 32% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Plex