The read
It runs a compact 58m.
Synopsis
A controversial, low-budget drama about the life of a young teenage girl that goes on the "road to ruin." Sally is a 16-year-old New York City teen who, neglected by her parents, takes up smoking and drinking, engages in affairs with a series of older men, gets arrested by the police during a strip poker game, is sent home only to discover later that she's pregnant, and after getting an illegal abortion, the words "The Wages of Sin is Death" inexpliably appear over her bed in fire.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Norton S. ParkerDirector
Cast
- Helen FosterSally Canfield
- Grant WithersDon Hughes
- Florence TurnerMrs. Canfield
- Charles MillerMr. Canfield
- Virginia RoyeEve Terrell
- Thomas CarrJimmy Canfield (as Tommy Carr)
- Don RaderAl
- Eddie DunnStrip Poker Player (as Ed Dunn)
Stills
Themes
smokingexploitationsinunderage drinkingb movietroubled teenteenage rebellionteenage pregnancypregnant teenmorality taleabortionexploitation film