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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