The Road to Ruin

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The Road to Ruin (1928)

Directed by Norton S. Parker

“Thrilling! Sensational! It seemed such a beautiful road, such a wonderful road - But it was only the Road to Ruin!”

Drama · 58m

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.

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Cast

Helen Foster Sally Canfield Grant Withers Don Hughes Florence Turner Mrs. Canfield
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Charles Miller Mr. Canfield
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Virginia Roye Eve Terrell Thomas Carr Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)
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Don Rader Al Eddie Dunn Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)

Crew

Director
Norton S. Parker

Details

Release date
1928-03-23
Runtime
58m
Genres
Drama
Original language
XX
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
Cliff Broughton Productions