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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976) (TV)
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Dalene Young (writer)
Release Date:
27 September 1976 (USA)
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The Startling NBC-TV Drama That Shocked the Nation
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15 year old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends...
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Bland Jan can act
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Eve Plumb | ... | Dawn Wetherby | |
| Leigh McCloskey | ... | Alexander | |
| Lynn Carlin | ... | Dawn's Mother | |
| William Schallert | ... | Harry | |
| Anne Seymour | ... | Counterwoman | |
| Joan Prather | ... | Susie | |
| Marguerite DeLain | ... | Frankie Lee | |
| Bo Hopkins | ... | Swan | |
| Georg Stanford Brown | ... | Donald Umber | |
| David Knapp | ... | Doctor Roberts | |
| Stephanie Burchfield | ... | Randy | |
| Kaaren Ragland | ... | Melba | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Sylvia Anderson | ... | Sumi | |
| Paul Bryar | ... | Counterman | |
| Suzanne Crough | ... | Runaway | |
| Marg DeLain | |||
| Anne Ramsey | ... | Librarian | |
| John Rose | ... | Salesman | |
| Queenie Smith | ... | Old Woman | |
| Diane Sommerfield | |||
| Paul Sorensen | ... | Police Sergeant | |
| Brad Trumbull | ... | Man | |
| David Turhune | ... | Tom | |
| Romo Vincent | ... | Fat Man | |
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USA:100 min
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Dawn Wetherby:
[after Alexander offers Dawn a mint at the LA Free Clinic] Is my breath awful?
Alexander: Probably.
Dawn Wetherby: Oh, well, Gypsies never brush.
Alexander: Gypsies don't have teeth.
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Alexander: Probably.
Dawn Wetherby: Oh, well, Gypsies never brush.
Alexander: Gypsies don't have teeth.
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Comin' Home Again
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I saw this when it first aired as a tv movie, and have also seen it on tape. This is a much better the average TV movie. Parts are very compelling as you watch this young runaway evolve into a streetwalker. I was shocked to find out that the actress that played Dawn also played Jan Brady. This role is a great departure for her, and she plays it very well. She can act, and she has sex-appeal. The ending is pure TV movie soap, but the middle and beginning are an intense drama. It is quality television that holds up well over time. This far better then the sequel which was more of soap.