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The Road to Ruin

"Thrilling! Sensational! It seemed such a beautiful road, such a wonderful road - But it was only 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.

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

  • Thomas Carr

    Thomas Carr

    Jimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)

  • Don Rader

    Don Rader

    Al

  • Eddie Dunn

    Eddie Dunn

    Strip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)

Overview

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.

Rating

7.3 / 10
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