Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1976-09-27
Runtime: 100 mins
Director: Randal Kleiser
Writer: Dalene Young
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, TV Movie
Original title: Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Production Companies: Douglas S. Cramer Company, NBC
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Eve Plumb
Leigh McCloskey
Lynn Carlin
William Schallert
Anne Seymour
Joan Prather
Marguerite DeLain
Bo Hopkins
Georg Stanford Brown
David Knapp
Stephanie Burchfield
Diane Sommerfield
Kaaren Ragland
Anne Ramsey
Teenage Runaway Collection
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