The Road to Ruin

The Road to Ruin

41 mins | Drama | March 23, 1928

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.

The Road to Ruin

41 mins | Drama | March 23, 1928

The Road to Ruin
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.
Producers Cliff Broughton Productions
Original title The Road to Ruin
Directors Norton S. Parker
Writers Norton S. Parker, Willis Kent

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

Thomas Carr

as Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)

Don Rader

as Al

Eddie Dunn

as Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)