Movie

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

The Startling NBC-TV Drama That Shocked the Nation

1976★ 5.4 · 91h 40mDramaTV Movie

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.

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Cast

William Schallert
as Harry

Bo Hopkins
as Swan

Anne Ramsey
as Librarian

Leigh McCloskey
as Alexander Duncan

Anne Seymour
as Counterwoman

Paul Bryar
as Counterman

Georg Stanford Brown
as Donald Umber

Eve Plumb
as Dawn Wetherby

Lynn Carlin
as Dawn's Mother

Joan Prather
as Susie

Queenie Smith
as Old Woman

Paul Sorensen
as Police Sergeant

Collection

Teenage Runaway Collection

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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

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Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

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