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The Road to Ruin

The Road to Ruin (1928)

0h 58m | PG-13

⭐ 6 / 10

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

Studio: Cliff Broughton Productions

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Helen Foster

Helen Foster

as Sally Canfield

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

as Don Hughes

Florence Turner

Florence Turner

as Mrs. Canfield

Charles Miller

Charles Miller

as Mr. Canfield

Virginia Roye

Virginia Roye

as Eve Terrell

Thomas Carr

Thomas Carr

as Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)