The Road to Ruin (1928)

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The Road to Ruin on IMDb 7.3/10 27 votes

Released:
1928-03-23

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.

Director:
Norton S. Parker

Runtime:
0h 58min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Helen Foster
    as
    Sally Canfield
  • Grant Withers
    as
    Don Hughes
  • Florence Turner
    as
    Mrs. Canfield
  • Charles Miller
    as
    Mr. Canfield
  • Virginia Roye
    as
    Eve Terrell