Movie: The Road to Ruin

Top 8 Billed Cast

Helen Foster
Helen Foster

Sally Canfield

Grant Withers
Grant Withers

Don Hughes

Florence Turner
Florence Turner

Mrs. Canfield

Charles Miller
Charles Miller

Mr. Canfield

Virginia Roye
Virginia Roye

Eve Terrell

Thomas Carr
Thomas Carr

Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)

Don Rader
Don Rader

Al

Eddie Dunn
Eddie Dunn

Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1928-03-23

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

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

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