The Road to Ruin (1928)

03/23/1928 (US) • 58m

Drama

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.

Top Billed 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)

Eddie Dunn

Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

smoking

exploitation

sin

underage drinking

b movie

troubled teen

teenage rebellion

teenage pregnancy

pregnant teen

morality tale

abortion

exploitation film

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