The Road to Ruin
"An innocent girl! A life destroyed!"
A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.
"An innocent girl! A life destroyed!"
A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.
Helen Foster
Ann Dixon
Nell O'Day
Eve Monroe
Glen Boles
Tommy
Robert Quirk
Ed
Paul Page
Ralph Bennett
Richard Hemingway
Brad
Virginia True Boardman
Martha Dixon
Richard Tucker
Mr. Dixon
Donald Kerr
Drunk shooting dice
A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.
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