The Road to Ruin
Thrilling! Sensational! It seemed such a beautiful road, such a wonderful road - But it was only the Road to Ruin!
1928 | 58m | No Language
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Norton S. Parker |
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| Writer: | Willis Kent |
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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: | Mar 23, 1928 |
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| Director: | Norton S. Parker |
| Writer: | Willis Kent |
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| Keywords | smoking, exploitation, sin, b movie, underage drinking, troubled teen, teenage rebellion, teenage pregnancy, pregnant teen, morality tale, exploitation film |
| Production Companies | Cliff Broughton Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Helen Foster | Sally Canfield |
| Grant Withers | Don Hughes |
| Florence Turner | Mrs. Canfield |
| Charles Miller | Mr. Canfield |
| Virginia Roye | Eve Terrell |
| Thomas Carr | Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr) |
| Don Rader | Al |
| Eddie Dunn | Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn) |
| Name | Job |
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| Willis Kent | Story |
| Norton S. Parker | Director, Scenario Writer, Dialogue |
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