Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

May 16, 1977

1h 36m

★ 5.5

Overview

In this sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander's story is told in both the past and the present. Alexander's parents send him away from home for being too sensitive and not helping enough on their farm. He goes to Los Angeles in hopes of going to art school, but when he can't find a job as a minor, he turns to prostitution. After being arrested, he wants to head to Arizona to marry Dawn, but he falls into a lucrative job/relationship with a gay football star.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Douglas S. Cramer Company

NBC

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Cast

Alexander Duncan

Leigh McCloskey

Dawn Wetherby

Eve Plumb

Myra

Juliet Mills

Landlady

Jean Hagen

Eddie Duncan

Lonny Chapman

Buddy

Asher Brauner

Clara Duncan

Diana Douglas

Mr. Anderson

Fred Sadoff

Judge White

Alice Hirson

Herself

Frances Faye

Charles Selby

Alan Feinstein

Ray Church

Earl Holliman

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