The Road to Ruin

The Road to Ruin (1928)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1928-03-23
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 41min
  • Production Company: Cliff Broughton Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Norton S. Parker
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Summary

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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  • 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
  • Thomas Carr

    as Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)
  • Don Rader

    as Al
  • Eddie Dunn

    as Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)
Writing Willis Kent Story
Writing Norton S. Parker Dialogue
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Directing Norton S. Parker Director