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The Road to Ruin (1928): The Drama Cult Classic You Need to See · IMDb 6.4 | Dbcult

The Road to Ruin

Name: The Road to Ruin
Director: Norton S. Parker
Released: 1928
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Thomas Carr, Eddie Dunn, Virginia Roye, Joe Darensbourg, Helen Foster

1928Norton S. ParkerIMDb: 6.4/10

Synopsis

Sally from NYC, neglected by parents, smokes, drinks, has affairs with older men. Arrested during strip poker game.

Director

Norton S. Parker

Cast

Walter James

Helen Foster

Don Rader

Thomas Carr

Editor's Choice Analysis

The Road to Ruin (1928) is a clunky, preachy piece of silent exploitation

If you’re looking for a lost masterpiece of silent cinema, keep moving. But if you want to see exactly what people in 1928 thought was going to destroy the youth of America, The Road to Ruin is a fascinating, if incredibly clunky, relic. It’s the kind of movie you watch today mostly to marvel at how little the 'moral p...

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ScoreCult MeterScore

64%Popularity50%

#170Archive Rank#493

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Knowledge Base

The Road to Ruin FAQ

The movie The Road to Ruin was directed by Norton S. Parker.

The Road to Ruin was released in the year 1928.

The Road to Ruin has an IMDb rating of 6.4 out of 10.

The Road to Ruin is a movie from United States.

The Road to Ruin is categorised as Drama in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.

The Road to Ruin features Walter James, Helen Foster, Don Rader, Thomas Carr.

The screenplay for The Road to Ruin was written by Norton S. Parker, Willis Kent.

If you enjoy The Road to Ruin, you might also like Eva, wo bist du? (1920), A Sister to Salome (1920), The Jackeroo of Coolabong (1920), In the River (1920).

Yes, The Road to Ruin (1928) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Drama qualities.