Downhill
Downhill was made and released in 1927.
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures Ltd.
Downhill is based on a play by Ivor Novello and David LeStrange (pseudonym for Constance Collier, who played Mrs. Anita "something of the something" Atwater in Rope)
Roddy Berwick (played by Ivor Novello) takes the blame for a schoolmate's offense, is expelled from home and school and embarks on a journey downhill until he id finalsy restored to respectability.
Watch Alfred Hitchcock's Downhill
Two schoolboys made a pact of loyalty. One of them kept it - at a price.
Cast
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... Dr. Dawson
Hannah Jones... The Dressmaker
Jerrold Robertshaw... Rev. Henry Wakely
Barbara Gott... Madame Michet
Alf Goddard... The Swede
J. Nelson... Hibbert
Daisy Jackson... The Seductive Waitress
Hitchcock on the Delirium in Downhill
"At one point I wanted to show that the young man was having hallucinations. He boarded a tiny schooner, and there I had him go down to the fo'c'sle, where the crew slept. At the beginning of his nightmare he was in a dance hall. No dissolve, just straight cutting. He walked over to the side wall and climbed into a bunk. In those days dreams were always dissolves and they were always blurred. Though it was difficult, I tried to embody the dream in the reality, in solid, unblurred images."
Truffaut: Hitchcock
Black people in Hitchcock's Films
Downhill |
In Marseille there is a black man among the sailors who says that Roddy (Ivor Novello) is "dotty – he’s seein’ things." |
The Ring |
At the fair people can throw balls on a black man to make him fall down. Two boys throw an egg at him, to the crowd's amusement. One of the members of "One-Round" Jack's team is black. |
Champagne |
The black servant brings a telegram to the father (Gordon Harker) who scorns him. He is extremely servile and walks around almost as a chimpanzee.
A black man works as a bartender in the restaurant. |
Young and Innocent |
The killer (drummer man) performs in a band performing in blackface.
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Shadow of a Doubt |
When Charlie goes to Santa Rosa by train, the railroad porter is black.
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Strangers on a Train |
The senator's servant is black. |
Topaz |
Philippe Dubois (Roscoe Lee Browne) takes the identity of a black journalist from Ebony, sneaks into the Cuban embassy, manages to take photos of some of the important documents and then runs away, chased by Cuban revolutionaries. |
Family Plot |
One of the FBI agents questioning Arthur Adamson in his jewel store. |
Original Title |
German Title |
Italian Title |
French Title |
| The Pleasure Garden | Irrgarten der Leidenschaft | Il giardino del piacere | Le Jardin d'Agrément |
| The Mountain Eagle | Der Bergadler | L'aquila della montagna | L'Aigle de la Montagne |
| The Lodger aka: The Case of Jonathan Drew (U.S.) |
Il pensionante | Les Cheveux d'Or | |
| Downhill | Il declino | La Pente / Downhill | |
| Easy Virtue | Virtù facile | Le passé ne meurt pas | |
| The Ring | Vinci per me | Le Masque de cuir | |
| The Farmer’s Wife | La moglie del fattore | Laquelle des trois ? | |
| Champagne | Tabarin di lusso | À l'américaine / Champagne | |
| The Manxman | L'isola del peccato | The Manxman | |
| Blackmail | Erpressung | Ricatto | Chantage |
| Juno and the Paycock aka: The Shame of Mary Boyle |
Giunone e il pavone | Junon et le paon | |
| Murder! | Sir John greift ein | Omicidio! | Meurtre |
| The Skin Game | Bis auf's Messer | Fiamma d'amore | The Skin Game |
| Number Seventeen | Nummer Siebzehn | Numero diciassette | Numéro dix-sept |
| Rich and Strange | Endlich sind wir reich | Ricco e strano | À l'est de Shanghai |
| Waltzes from Vienna Strauss Great Waltz (U.S. title) |
Vienna di Strauss | Le Chant du Danube | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Der Mann, der zuviel wußte | L'uomo che sapeva troppo | L'Homme qui en savait trop |
| The 39 Steps | 39 Stufen | Il club dei trentanove | Les 39 Marches |
| Secret Agent | Geheimagent | L'agente segreto | Quatre de l'espionnage |
| Sabotage | Sabotaggio | Agent secret | |
| Young and Innocent aka: The Girl Was Young (U.S. title) |
Jung und unschuldig | Giovane e innocente | Jeune et innocent |
| The Lady Vanishes | Eine Dame verschwindet | La signora scompare | Une femme disparaît |
| Jamaica Inn | Riff-Piraten / Die Taverne von Jamaika | La taverna della Giamaica | La Taverne de la Jamaïque |
| Rebecca | Rebecca / Rebekka | Rebecca, la prima moglie | Rebecca |
| Foreign Correspondent | Mord | Il prigioniero di Amsterdam | Correspondant 17 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Smith | Mr. und Mrs. Smith | Il signore e la signora Smith | Joies matrimoniales |
| Suspicion | Verdacht | Il sospetto | Soupçons |
| Saboteur | Saboteure | Sabotatori | La Cinquième colonne |
| Shadow of a Doubt | Im Schatten des Zweifels | L'ombra del dubbio | L'Ombre d'un doute |
| Lifeboat | Das Rettungsboot | Prigionieri dell'oceano | Lifeboat |
| Spellbound | Ich kämpfe um Dich | Io ti salverò | La Maison du docteur Edwardes |
| Notorious | Berüchtigt (Weißes Gift) |
Notorious, l'amante perduta | Les Enchaînés |
| The Paradine Case | Der Fall Paradin | Il caso Paradine | Le Procès Paradine |
| Rope | Cocktail für eine Leiche | Nodo alla gola | La Corde |
| Under Capricorn | Sklavin des Herzens | Il peccato di Lady Considine | Les Amants du Capricorne |
| Stage Fright | Die rote Lola | Paura in palcoscenico | Le Grand Alibi |
| Strangers on a Train | Der Fremde im Zug (Verschwörung im Nordexpress) |
L'altro uomo | L'Inconnu du Nord-Express |
| I Confess | Ich beichte (Zum Schweigen verurteilt) |
Io confesso | La Loi du silence |
| Dial M for Murder | Bei Anruf Mord | Il delitto perfetto | Le crime était presque parfait |
| Rear Window | Das Fenster zum Hof | La finestra sul cortile | Fenêtre sur cour |
| To Catch a Thief | Über den Dächern von Nizza | Caccia al ladro | La Main au collet |
| The Trouble with Harry | Immer Ärger mit Harry | La congiura degli innocenti | Mais qui a tué Harry |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Der Mann, der zuviel wußte | L'uomo che sapeva troppo | L'Homme qui en savait trop |
| The Wrong Man | Der falsche Mann | Il ladro | Le Faux Coupable |
| Vertigo | Aus dem Reich der Toten | La donna che visse due volte | Sueurs froides |
| North by Northwest | Intrigo internazionale | La Mort aux trousses | |
| Psycho | Psycho | Psyco | Psychose |
| The Birds | Die Vögel | Gli uccelli | Les Oiseaux |
| Marnie | Marnie | Marnie | Pas de printemps pour Marnie |
| Torn Curtain | Der zerissene Vorhang | Il sipario strappato | Le Rideau déchiré |
| Topaz | Topas | Topaz | L'Étau |
| Frenzy | Frenzy | Frenzy | Frenzy |
| Family Plot | Familiengrab | Complotto di famiglia |
Complot de famille |