DAWN: PORTRAIT OF A TEENAGE RUNAWAY (NBC-TVM 9/27/76)

Fed up with the constant humiliation she endures from her alcoholic mother, teenager Dawn Wetherby (Eve Plumb) decides to run away from home to what she believes will be a better life in Hollywood, Calif. Upon arriving, however, she quickly finds that no one will employ a girl so young, and in no time is led into a life of prostitution by smooth-talking pimp Swan (Bo Hopkins). Despite her dire circumstances, she finds solace in her friendship with a male hustler named Alex (Leigh McCloskey). Also stars: William Schallert, Joan Prather, Georg Stanford Brown, Queenie Smith, Suzanne Crough, Tracy from The Partridge Family, has an uncredited role as a runaway. (100 min)