The Road to Ruin
“Thrilling! Sensational! It seemed such a beautiful road, such a wonderful road - But it was only the Road to Ruin!”
1928•58m•7.3•Released
Drama
A controversial, low-budget drama about the life of a young teenage girl that goes on the "road to ruin." Sally is a 16-year-old New York City teen who, neglected by her parents, takes up smoking and drinking, engages in affairs with a series of older men, gets arrested by the police during a strip poker game, is sent home only to discover later that she's pregnant, and after getting an illegal abortion, the words "The Wages of Sin is Death" inexpliably appear over her bed in fire.
Director
Norton S. Parker
Languages
No Language
Studio
Cliff Broughton Productions
Cast
Helen Foster
Sally Canfield
Grant Withers
Don Hughes
Florence Turner
Mrs. Canfield
Charles Miller
Mr. Canfield
Virginia Roye
Eve Terrell
Thomas Carr
Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)
Don Rader
Al
Eddie Dunn
Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)
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