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The Road to Ruin (1928)

The Road to Ruin (1928)

Drama

Thrilling! Sensational! It seemed such a beautiful road, such a wonderful road - But it was only the Road to Ruin!

Release Date: 1928, March 23
Directors: Norton S. Parker
Countries: United States of America
Production: Cliff Broughton Productions
Cast: Eddie Dunn, Helen Foster, Grant Withers, Florence Turner, Virginia Roye, Don Rader

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.

Keywords:

sin troubled teen underage drinking smoking exploitation abortion teenage rebellion teenage pregnancy morality tale b movie pregnant teen exploitation film