The Road to Ruin
The Road to Ruin

The Road to Ruin (1928)

1928-03-23

(US) •

Drama

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

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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.

Movie Cast

The Road to Ruin

Helen Foster

Sally Canfield

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Grant Withers

Don Hughes

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Florence Turner

Mrs. Canfield

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Charles Miller

Mr. Canfield

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Virginia Roye

Eve Terrell

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Thomas Carr

Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)

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Don Rader

Al

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Eddie Dunn

Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)