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The Road to Ruin

1934·Drama·1h 2m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Dorothy Davenport and Melville Shyer
remake
underage drinking
pre-code
underage sex
wild party
woman director
unplanned pregnancy
strip poker
illegal abortion
defloration
moral corruption
exploitation film
unknowingly dating married man
marijuana use
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Cast

Helen Foster
Helen Foster
Ann Dixon
Nell O'Day
Nell O'Day
Eve Monroe
Glen Boles
Glen Boles
Tommy
Paul Page
Paul Page
Ralph Bennett
Virginia True Boardman
Virginia True Boardman
Martha Dixon
Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker
Mr. Dixon
Donald Kerr
Donald Kerr
Drunk shooting dice
Jimmy Tolson
Jimmy Tolson
Club Singer Jimmy
Mae Busch
Mae Busch
Mrs. Monroe (uncredited)
Dorothy Davenport
Dorothy Davenport
Mrs. Merrill (uncredited)

Crew

Dorothy Davenport
Dorothy Davenport
Director
Dorothy Davenport
Dorothy Davenport
Writer

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lily
lily
3.4★ · 07/05/25
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