The read
A Balasaur Score of 66 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%, Metacritic 66/100. Most of the 137 1920s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic66/100
101 audience votes
Key crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
Cast
- Ivor NovelloRoddy Berwick
- Ben WebsterDr. Dawson
- Norman McKinnelSir Thomas Berwick
- Robin IrvineTim Wakeley
- Jerrold RobertshawThe Rev. Henry Wakeley
- Sybil RhodaSybil Wakeley
- Annette BensonMabel
- Lilian BraithwaiteLady Berwick
- Isabel JeansJulia
- Ian HunterArchie
- Hannah JonesDresser
- Barbara GottMadame Michet
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Themes
boarding schoolloyaltygigolostage showsilent filmheadmasterfall guyfall from graceexpelled from schoolmisfortunefather son conflictwrongly punished