Film
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976 · 1h 40m · Drama · TV Movie
The Startling NBC-TV Drama That Shocked the Nation
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Overview
15-year-old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to get a job due to her age. She meets Alexander, a young male hustler who takes her in, but when she starts working for a pimp, Alexander becomes a target.
Cast
Eve Plumb
Dawn Wetherby
Leigh McCloskey
Alexander Duncan
Lynn Carlin
Dawn's Mother
William Schallert
Harry
Anne Seymour
Counterwoman
Joan Prather
Susie
Marguerite DeLain
Frankie Lee
Bo Hopkins
Swan
Georg Stanford Brown
Donald Umber
David Knapp
Doctor Roberts
Stephanie Burchfield
Randy
Diane Sommerfield
Kaaren Ragland
Melba
Anne Ramsey
Librarian
Paul Bryar
Counterman
Queenie Smith
Old Woman
Crew
- Randal KleiserDirector
- Dalene YoungWriter
- Douglas S. CramerProducer
- Jacques R. MarquetteDirector of Photography
- Fred KarlinOriginal Music Composer
- Carroll SaxEditor
- Edward R. MorseCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 27, 1976
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
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