The Road to Ruin

May 14, 1934

1h 2m

★ 4.1

An innocent girl! A life destroyed!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Willis Kent Productions

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Cast

Ann Dixon

Helen Foster

Eve Monroe

Nell O'Day

Tommy

Glen Boles

Robert Quirk

Ralph Bennett

Paul Page

Brad

Richard Hemingway

Martha Dixon

Virginia True Boardman

Mr. Dixon

Richard Tucker

Drunk shooting dice

Donald Kerr

Dancer

Eleanor Thatcher

Evans

Neal Pratt

Club Singer Jimmy

Jimmy Tolson

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