The Road to Ruin

The Road to Ruin

1928
58m
6.0

6.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb

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

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: XX

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Production Information

Production Companies
Cliff Broughton Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

Quick Facts

Release Date March 23, 1928
Status Released
Language XX
IMDb ID tt0019332

Cast

Helen Foster
Helen Foster

Sally Canfield

Grant Withers
Grant Withers

Don Hughes

Florence Turner
Florence Turner

Mrs. Canfield

Charles Miller
Charles Miller

Mr. Canfield

Virginia Roye
Virginia Roye

Eve Terrell

Thomas Carr
Thomas Carr

Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)

Don Rader
Don Rader

Al

Eddie Dunn
Eddie Dunn

Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)

Key Crew

Norton S. Parker
Director