Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)
1h 40m
Running Time
September 27, 1976Release Date
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)
1h 40m
Running Time
September 27, 1976Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Kaaren Ragland
Melba
Anne Ramsey
Librarian
Paul Bryar
Counterman
Queenie Smith
Old Woman
Paul Sorensen
Police Sergeant
Brad Trumbull
Man
John Rose
Salesman
Romo Vincent
Fat Man
Sylvia Anderson
Sumi
Suzanne Crough
Runaway
Randal Kleiser
Director
Dalene Young
Writer
Marlowe Newkirk
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 27, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
pimp
hustler
teenage prostitute
runaway child
alcoholic mother
sex with a minor
Wiki.
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway is a 1976 American made-for-television drama film which premiered on NBC on September 27, 1976.
The story follows a 15-year-old girl named Dawn Wetherby (Eve Plumb) who runs away from home to Hollywood, California and becomes a prostitute to support herself. Dawn finds herself taken under the wing of a tough-talking pimp named Swan. The film's soundtrack features the song "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways.
A sequel, Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977), focuses on Dawn's friend and fellow runaway, Alexander Duvall (Leigh McCloskey). Plumb reprised her role as Dawn for the sequel.
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