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The Road to Ruin (1928) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1928 · 58 mins
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- Directed by
- Norton S. Parker
- Starring
- Charles Miller, Florence Turner, Thomas Carr, Eddie Dunn, Helen Foster, Grant Withers
Thrilling and sensational, this low‑budget drama follows 16‑year‑old Sally, a neglected New York teen who turns to smoking, drinking, and a series of affairs with older men. She is arrested during a strip‑poker game, returns home to discover an unwanted pregnancy, has an illegal abortion, and later sees the ominous phrase “The Wages of Sin is Death” blazing over her bed.
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