The Road to Ruin

IMDb 7.3 1928 • 58 min • Drama

Director

Norton S. Parker

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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