The Road to Ruin

The Road to Ruin

An innocent girl! A life destroyed!

Directed by Dorothy Davenport, Melville Shyer

Produced by Willis Kent Productions

193462 min4.3 / 10

A pre-Code exploitation film depicting the moral and physical destruction of a young woman through vice and seduction, framed as cautionary tragedy.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Road to Ruin end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is The Road to Ruin sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is The Road to Ruin easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is The Road to Ruin violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is The Road to Ruin scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

20/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love3

How much audiences actually like it

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Like The Road to Ruin

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Road to Ruin

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Road to Ruin, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Road to Ruin, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Road to Ruin, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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