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.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1928 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Norton S. Parker |
| Runtime | 58 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.0/10 (2 votes) |
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The film constructs its narrative power through a straightforward, almost documentary-like chronicle of a descent. It relies on details shocking for its time, exploring the social abyss without embellishment.
What lingers after viewing is a heavy, scorched feeling from this relentless, moralizing, yet hypnotic journey into the void. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Norton S. Parker
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Watch in complete darkness, prepared for a harsh and uncompromising social sketch.
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