Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Sep 27, 1976

1h 40m

★ 5.4

The Startling NBC-TV Drama That Shocked the Nation

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.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Douglas S. Cramer Company

NBC

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Cast

Dawn Wetherby

Eve Plumb

Alexander Duncan

Leigh McCloskey

Dawn's Mother

Lynn Carlin

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William Schallert

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Joan Prather

Frankie Lee

Marguerite DeLain

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Bo Hopkins

Donald Umber

Georg Stanford Brown

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David Knapp

Randy

Stephanie Burchfield

Diane Sommerfield

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