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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)

Movie"The Startling NBC-TV Drama That Shocked the Nation"
Audience Score
54
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
NR 1 hr 40 minSep 27th, 1976Drama, TV MovieTeenage Runaway Collection PosterPart of Teenage Runaway Collection
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.
StarringEve PlumbLeigh McCloskeyLynn Carlin
DirectorRandal Kleiser
WriterDalene Young

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Douglas S. Cramer Company, NBC
Movie Tags:
pimphustlerteenage prostituterunaway childalcoholic mothersex with a minor

Teenage Runaway Collection

A collection of films featuring the story of teenage runaways and their lives on the streets.