Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

The Startling NBC-TV Drama That Shocked the Nation

Duration: 100 min

Release date: 1976-09-27

IMDB

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.

Drama TV Movie

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Dawn Wetherby

Leigh McCloskey

Leigh McCloskey

as Alexander Duncan

as Dawn's Mother

William Schallert

William Schallert

as Counterwoman

Marguerite DeLain

Marguerite DeLain

Georg Stanford Brown

Georg Stanford Brown

as Donald Umber

as Doctor Roberts

Stephanie Burchfield

Stephanie Burchfield

Diane Sommerfield

Diane Sommerfield

as Police Sergeant

Sylvia Anderson

Sylvia Anderson

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Crew arrow_drop_down

Marlowe Newkirk

Marlowe Newkirk

Special Effects

Wilford Lloyd Baumes

Wilford Lloyd Baumes

Associate Producer

Douglas S. Cramer

Douglas S. Cramer

Original Music Composer

Edward R. Morse

Edward R. Morse

Mitchell L. Gamson

Mitchell L. Gamson

Assistant Director

Script Supervisor

Jacques R. Marquette

Jacques R. Marquette

Director of Photography

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