The Road to Ruin (1934 film)

The Road to Ruin
DVD cover (detail)
Directed byDorothy Davenport
Melville Shyer
Written byDorothy Davenport
Willis Kent (uncredited)
Produced byWillis Kent
StarringHelen Foster
Nell O'Day
Glen Boles
CinematographyJames Diamond
Edited byS. Roy Luby
Distributed byTrue-Life Photoplays
First Division Pictures
Release dates
  • February 17, 1934 (1934-02-17) (New York City)
  • May 15, 1934 (1934-05-15) (U.S.)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.