Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 27, 1976

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.

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 27, 1976

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Douglas S. Cramer Company
Original title Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Directors Mitchell L. Gamson, Julie Pitkanen, Randal Kleiser
Writers Dalene Young

Cast

Eve Plumb

as Dawn Wetherby

Leigh McCloskey

as Alexander Duncan

Lynn Carlin

as Dawn's Mother

Anne Seymour

as Counterwoman

Joan Prather

as Susie

Marguerite DeLain

as Frankie Lee

Bo Hopkins

as Swan

Georg Stanford Brown

as Donald Umber

David Knapp

as Doctor Roberts

Kaaren Ragland

as Melba

Anne Ramsey

as Librarian

Paul Bryar

as Counterman

Queenie Smith

as Old Woman

Paul Sorensen

as Police Sergeant

Brad Trumbull

as Man

John Rose

as Salesman

Romo Vincent

as Fat Man

Sylvia Anderson

as Sumi

Suzanne Crough

as Runaway