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Watch: Downhill 1927 123movies, Full Movie Online – Public schoolboy Roddy Berwick is expelled from school when he takes the blame for a friend’s charge and his life falls apart in a series of misadventures..
Plot: Roddy, first son of the rich Berwick family, is expelled from school when he takes the blame for his friend Tim’s charge. His family sends him away and all of his friends leave him alone. Through many life choices that don’t work out in his favor, Roddy begins to find his life slowly spiraling out of his control.
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Early Silent Hitchcock is Worthy Viewing
Classmates and close friends at an English public school, Roddy Berwick and Tim Wakely compete for the affections of a local shop girl. When the girl falsely accuses Roddy of getting her pregnant, he is expelled. However, Roddy remains silent to protect Tim, who was the guilty party, and the friends make a pact to keep silent. Outraged at his expulsion, Roddy’s father does not believe his son’s claims of innocence and throws him out. Thus, Roddy strikes out on his own, and his life begins a downward spiral from stage acting to a disastrous marriage to taxi dancing to the Marseilles waterfront. “When Boys Leave,” also known as “Downhill,” was Alfred Hitchcock’s fifth completed film, and, early on in his career, the master director explores his oft-repeated theme of the wrongfully accused.

Shot in 1927, the film is silent with inter-titles, and the black-and-white cinematography is often well lit with striking visual compositions. However, Hitchcock generally holds the camera steady, and movement occurs within the frame. The film lacks the camera fluidity common among movies of the late silent era, although Hitchcock is already a master of visual story-telling, and the inter-titles are brief and sparse. As Roddy’s life reels out of control, he is dwarfed by his surroundings in rooms with impossibly high ceilings and doors that are more than twice his height. Fortunately, Hitchcock elicits naturalistic performances from his cast, and none indulges in the grand style of acting that negatively stereotyped silent movies. Ivor Novello, a Welsh matinée idol best known for his musical talents, plays the suffering Roddy quite well. Isabel Jeans as Julia Fotheringale, a spendthrift actress, and Ian Hunter as Archie, Julia’s shady lover, provide amusing support during one colorful episode in Roddy’s descent.

“When Boys Leave” is from Hitchcock’s apprentice period in England, when he was still learning the craft. While the story is thin, and the motivations vague, this short silent film shows flashes of the genius to come, and, for students of the master, every Hitchcock film is worthwhile viewing.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 20 min (80 min), 1 hr 14 min (74 min) (USA), 1 hr 46 min (106 min) (theatrical) (2012), 1 hr 45 min (105 min) (20 fps) (2012 restoration) (UK)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer Constance Collier, Ivor Novello, Eliot Stannard
Actors Ivor Novello, Ben Webster, Norman McKinnel
Country United Kingdom
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Silent
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,395 m (8 reels) (UK)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm