Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

TV Movie
1976
15
1h 40m

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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)

A 15-year-old girl runs away from home and arrives in Hollywood, but winds up becoming a prostitute to support herself and gets involved with a tough-talking pimp.A 15-year-old girl runs away from home and arrives in Hollywood, but winds up becoming a prostitute to support herself and gets involved with a tough-talking pimp.A 15-year-old girl runs away from home and arrives in Hollywood, but winds up becoming a prostitute to support herself and gets involved with a tough-talking pimp.

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6.6/10

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Trivia
A little before the 24-minute mark, as Dawn is following Alexander, you can briefly see Bill Cosby's hot rod ambulance from the film "Mother, Jugs and Speed" (released earlier in the year), and with a movie poster for the film on the passenger side.

Goofs
When Frankie Lee follows Dawn out of the restaurant it's daylight. A few seconds later in the vestibule of the store, lights reflect off of the windows and when Frankie Lee goes to the trick's car it's dark.

Quotes
Dawn's Mother: [Showing up drunk at Dawn's prom] You're the one who's sneaking out behind my back, leaving your brothers alone!
Dawn Wetherby: Why do I always have to baby sit?
Dawn's Mother: Running around like a tramp!
Dawn Wetherby: You're the tramp!
[Mom slaps Dawn. They both fall to the ground]

Connections
Featured in Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)

Soundtracks
Comin' Home Again
music by Fred Karlin
lyrics by Meg Karlin
sung by Shaun Cassidy

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Release this movie on video - NOW!

Great stuff! It's a pity this movie and its sequel - 'Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn' are not available on video - (Perhaps we could lobby the studio!) Eve Plumb and Leigh McCloskey (where are they now?) are superb in the central roles. I couldn't imagine a successful remake of these movies as the naivety of the teenagers just wouldn't be credible in the 21st Century - or would it? Incidentally, I seem to recall a Disney movie entitled 'Blind Sunday' circa 1976, which featured Leigh McCloskey. His character was, in some ways, a precurser to the character of Alexander.