The film, now in the public domain, portrays a young woman whose life is ruined by sex and drugs.

One weekend, Ann and Eve go to the lake with fellow high schoolers, Tommy and Ed.

Ann drops Tommy, and he warns her that Ralph is "bad news for a girl like you."

The party guests begin a game akin to strip poker, played with dice.

Ann and Eve end up with Mrs. Merrill, the head of the Girls Division of the Juvenile Department of the police.

Mrs. Merrill tells Mrs. Dixon that today's youth needs the armor of knowledge and sex instruction.

The Road to Ruin is a sound re-make of a 1928 silent film of the same name, written and produced by Willis Kent and also starring Helen Foster.

[1] To promote the film, the producers advertised that it was not to be shown to anyone under eighteen, implying that it contained salacious material.