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Downhill AKA When Boys Leave Home (1927)
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.Director: Alfred Hitchcock
OVERALL: R2-
OVERALL: R2
The UK release has an exclusive introduction.
The German and Japanese release have the "Hitchcock: The Early Years" featurette, which is available in the UK boxset on the disc for "Young and Innocent".
Also available in
- The US by The Criterion Collection
Note that the film was restored in 2012 as part of the "Hitchcock 9" restoration project.
Note that this film and other early Alfred Hitchcock titles have been released in many bootleg editions. Supposedly "public domain" releases by companies such as Avenue One, Brentwood, Diamond Entertainment, Digiview, Laserlight, Mill Creek, Passion Productions, St. Clair Vision, Sonart, Westlake, Whirlwind and others should be avoided. Information regarding the copyright status of his films can be found at Brenton Film's "Alfred Hitchcock: Dial © for Copyright". Hitchcock's films and their many releases are also covered in detail here at Brenton Film's "Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide".
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CUTS:
- R2 Double Feature France- Universal Pictures - No cuts (82:07 PAL).
- R2 Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years Germany- Concorde - No cuts (82:05 PAL).
- R2 Japan- JHV - No cuts (82:00 PAL->NTSC).
- R2 Alfred Hitchcock: The British Years United Kingdom- Network - No cuts (82:06 PAL).
- R4 The Lodger - Director's Suite Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts (82:09 PAL).
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Comparison added by Vincent_Bouche on 23/10/10
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 23/07/19UPDATE LOG:
23/10/10: Initial entry.
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23/09/18: Added Germany.
08/10/18: Added France.
23/07/19: Added Japan.
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