DramaTV Movie
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
"The Startling NBC-TV Drama That Shocked the Nation"
User Score8 votes
49%4.9/10
Release1976→
Runtime1H 40M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media6
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Director
Randal Kleiser
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Certification
NRKeywords
pimphustlerteenage prostituterunaway childalcoholic mothersex with a minor
Collection
Teenage Runaway Collection
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Countries:United States of America
Production:Douglas S. Cramer CompanyNBC