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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Eve Plumb as Dawn
GenreDrama
Written byDalene Young
Directed byRandal Kleiser
StarringEve Plumb
Leigh J. McCloskey
Lynn Carlin
William Schallert
Theme music composerFred Karlin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerDouglas S. Cramer
CinematographyJacques R. Marquette
EditorCarroll Sax
Running time120 minutes
(with commercials)
Production companyDouglas S. Cramer Company
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 27, 1976 (1976-09-27)

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.

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