---
title: 'Downstairs (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Monta Bell'
released: '1932-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/downstairs-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022834/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Downstairs (1932)

1932 · 77 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Downstairs is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film. It stars John Gilbert as a charming but self-serving chauffeur who wreaks havoc on his new employer's household, romancing and fleecing the women on the staff, and blackmailing the employer's wife. Gilbert had written the story in 1928 for a proposed silent film that was never produced.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Monta Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/monta-bell)
- **Producer:** [Monta Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/monta-bell)
- **Screenplay:** [Lenore J. Coffee](https://cinepixo.com/people/lenore-j-coffee)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)
- **Editor:** [Conrad A. Nervig](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-a-nervig)

## Cast

- [Paul Lukas](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-lukas)
- [Reginald Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-owen)
- [Virginia Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-bruce)
- [Hedda Hopper](https://cinepixo.com/people/hedda-hopper)
- [John Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gilbert-3)
- [Olga Baclanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-baclanova)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/downstairs-1932
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