Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Name: Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-09-27
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Eve Plumb, Leigh McCloskey, Lynn Carlin

TV Movie
1976
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

416

YOUR RATING

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)

Drama

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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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

416

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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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Review

Featured review

10/10

Bland Jan can act

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.