The Road to Ruin (1934)
- Directed by
- Melville Shyer, Dorothy Davenport
- Genre
- drama film, exploitation film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 02m
- Rating
- 4.3 of 10 from 20 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman gets involved with sex and drugs, which destroys her life. The film follows her downward spiral.
cautionarydramaticbleakdatedsensationalpreachytragic
What happens
The Road to Ruin is a 1934 pre-Code exploitation film directed by Dorothy Davenport, under the name "Mrs. Wallace Reid", and Melville Shyer, and written by Davenport with the uncredited contribution of the film's producer, Willis Kent. The film, now in the public domain, portrays a young woman whose life is ruined by sex and drugs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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