Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977)

A teenaged boy arrives in Hollywood to become a movie star, but winds up becoming a male prostitute and gets involved with a gay football star.

Director:

John Erman

Writers:

Walter Dallenbach (teleplay), Dalene Young (story)

Stars:

Leigh McCloskey, Eve Plumb, Juliet Mills

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Leigh McCloskey	...	Alexander Duncan
Eve Plumb	...	Dawn Wetherby
Juliet Mills	...	Myra
Jean Hagen	...	Landlady
Lonny Chapman	...	Eddie Duncan (as Lonnie Chapman)
Asher Brauner	...	Buddy
Diana Douglas	...	Clara Duncan
Fred Sadoff	...	Mr. Anderson
Alice Hirson	...	Judge White
John Devlin
Frances Faye	...	Self (as Miss Frances Faye)
Alan Feinstein	...	Charles Selby
Earl Holliman	...	Ray Church
Jack Rader	...	Jack
Claudia Bryar	...	Ms. Mathias

Storyline

A teenaged boy arrives in Hollywood to become a movie star, but winds up becoming a male prostitute and gets involved with a gay football star.

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Plot Keywords:

male prostitute | gay interest | homosexual | prostitution | sequel | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jean Hagen's final performance.

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Connections

Follows Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)

User Reviews

Quite eye opening for the '70s

This was a story about young man named Alexander who came to LA to look for his girlfriend Dawn. Well she had already gone back home to get away from that seedy city. Now he can't find her and has no money. What is he going to do. He stays with a hustler who sleeps with men. The hustler says you can make some good money from these guys. Alexander swears he will never do that.

Here and there he runs into trouble and is saved by Earl Holliman. He wants to help him out and keep him off the streets. But Alexander becomes desperate. He runs into a pro football star who takes him in off the streets. They start hanging out with each other and get along quite well. Then one night by the fire Mr. Pro Star ask him if he will stay with him as his lover, with no where to go Alexander does. As time goes by he learns that lovers come cheap. For there are many handsome young hungry men on the streets of LA. Now he has become something he swore he'd never be, a hustler on the streets of LA.

This TV movie made me open my eyes and realize what I really am, Gay. I wish I could see this again. I remembered it being a good, for being a '70s TV movie.....

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 May 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aamunkajon tuolla puolen

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Douglas S. Cramer Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1