The Road to Ruin

The Road to Ruin

An innocent girl! A life destroyed!

1934•1h 2m•4.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.0/10(19)

A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.

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Production

Willis Kent Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Helen Foster

Helen Foster

Ann Dixon

Nell O'Day

Nell O'Day

Eve Monroe

Glen Boles

Glen Boles

Tommy

Robert Quirk

Ed

Paul Page

Paul Page

Ralph Bennett

Richard Hemingway

Brad

Virginia True Boardman

Virginia True Boardman

Martha Dixon

Richard Tucker

Richard Tucker

Mr. Dixon

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Drunk shooting dice

Eleanor Thatcher

Dancer

Neal Pratt

Evans

Jimmy Tolson

Jimmy Tolson

Club Singer Jimmy

Mae Busch

Mae Busch

Mrs. Monroe (uncredited)

Dorothy Davenport

Dorothy Davenport

Mrs. Merrill (uncredited)

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