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The Road to Ruin

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Plot

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.

Cast

Helen Foster as Sally Canfield
Helen Foster

as Sally Canfield

Grant Withers as Don Hughes
Grant Withers

as Don Hughes

Florence Turner as Mrs. Canfield
Florence Turner

as Mrs. Canfield

Charles Miller as Mr. Canfield
Charles Miller

as Mr. Canfield

Virginia Roye as Eve Terrell
Virginia Roye

as Eve Terrell

Thomas Carr as Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)
Thomas Carr

as Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)

Don Rader as Al
Don Rader

as Al

Eddie Dunn as Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)
Eddie Dunn

as Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Passed

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • March 23, 1928

Production Companies

  • Cliff Broughton Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

    Budget

    • $0.00

    Revenue

    • -

    Runtime

    • 0.68 hrs

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