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The Road to Ruin (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.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Helen FosterHelen FosterSally Canfield
  • Photo of Grant WithersGrant WithersDon Hughes
  • Photo of Florence TurnerFlorence TurnerMrs. Canfield
  • Photo of Charles MillerCharles MillerMr. Canfield
  • Photo of Virginia RoyeVirginia RoyeEve Terrell
  • Photo of Thomas CarrThomas CarrJimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)
  • Photo of Don RaderDon RaderAl
  • Photo of Eddie DunnEddie DunnStrip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)

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