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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)

1h 40m · 27 Sep 1976

The Startling NBC-TV Drama That Shocked the Nation

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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.

Movie ID8833
GenreDrama, TV Movie
DirectorRandal Kleiser
Main castEve Plumb, Leigh McCloskey, Lynn Carlin, William Schallert, Anne Seymour, Joan Prather, Marguerite DeLain, Bo Hopkins
Release date27 September 1976
Release year1976
LanguageEnglish
Duration100 min (1h 40m)
Rating5.4 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseDouglas S. Cramer Company

Director: Randal Kleiser
Writers: Dalene Young

Top cast

Eve PlumbDawn Wetherby Leigh McCloskeyAlexander Duncan Lynn CarlinDawn's Mother William SchallertHarry Anne SeymourCounterwoman Joan PratherSusie
Marguerite DeLainFrankie Lee
Bo HopkinsSwan Georg Stanford BrownDonald Umber David KnappDoctor Roberts Stephanie BurchfieldRandy Diane Sommerfield
Kaaren RaglandMelba
Anne RamseyLibrarian Paul BryarCounterman Queenie SmithOld Woman Paul SorensenPolice Sergeant Brad TrumbullMan
John RoseSalesman
Romo VincentFat Man

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