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1976

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Directed by Randal Kleiser
The Startling NBC-TV Drama That Shocked the Nation

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.

Duration

1h 40m

Released

September 27, 1976

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Cast22

  • Eve Plumb
  • Leigh McCloskey
  • Lynn Carlin
  • William Schallert
  • Anne Seymour
  • Joan Prather
  • Marguerite DeLain
  • Bo Hopkins
  • Georg Stanford Brown

Part ofThe Teenage Runaway Collection

Includes Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976), and Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977).

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