Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway | |
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Eve Plumb as Dawn
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | |
Directed by | Randal Kleiser |
Starring |
Eve Plumb Leigh J. McCloskey Lynn Carlin William Schallert |
Theme music composer | Fred Karlin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Douglas S. Cramer |
Cinematography | Jacques R. Marquette |
Editor(s) | Carroll Sax |
Running time | 120 minutes (with commercials) |
Production company(s) | Douglas S. Cramer Company |
Distributor | NBC |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 27, 1976 |
Chronology | |
Followed by | Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn |
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway is a 1976 American made-for-television drama film which premiered on NBC on September 27, 1976.
The story follows a 15-year-old girl named Dawn Wetherby (Eve Plumb) who runs away from home to Hollywood, California and becomes a prostitute to support herself. Dawn finds herself taken under the wing of a tough-talking pimp named Swan. The film's soundtrack features the song "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways.
A sequel, Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977), focuses on Dawn's friend and fellow runaway, Alexander Duncan (Leigh McCloskey). Plumb reprised her role as Dawn for this film.