Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
| Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Characters created by Dalene Young |
| Written by | Walter Dallenbach |
| Story by |
Dalene Young Walter Dallenbach |
| Directed by | John Erman |
| Starring |
Leigh McCloskey Eve Plumb Juliet Mills Jean Hagen |
| Music by | Fred Karlin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Douglas S. Cramer |
| Producer(s) | Wilfred Lloyd Baumes |
| Cinematography | Gayne Rescher |
| Editor(s) | Neil Travis |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Douglas S. Cramer Company |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release |
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| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway |
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film directed by John Erman and a sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976). It premiered on NBC on May 16, 1977.[1]
Alexander was the last appearance by actress Jean Hagen, who died August 29, 1977.
Plot
Alexander Duncan (McCloskey), a country-boy-turned-Hollywood-hustler, tries to find legitimate work in order to marry a teenaged prostitute (Plumb) he had hoped to regenerate, but gets involved with a homosexual football pro.
Cast
- Leigh McCloskey as Alexander Duncan
- Eve Plumb as Dawn Wetherby
- Juliet Mills as Myra
- Jean Hagen as Landlady
- Lonny Chapman as Eddie Duncan
- Earl Holliman as Ray Church
- Alan Feinstein as Charles Selby
- Asher Brauner as Buddy
- Diana Douglas as Clara Duncan
- Pat Corley as Marty
- Frances Faye as Singer
- Alice Hirson as Judge White
- Jonathan Banks as Michael
- Fred Sadoff
- Doria Cook-Nelson as Della
Reception
Phil Hall of Film Threat called it "not a great film" but "a breakthrough, of sorts, in LGBT television."[2]
References
- ↑ Levine, Elana (2007). Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television. Duke University Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN 9780822339199.
- ↑ Hall, Phil (2013-02-01). "THE BOOTLEG FILES: ALEXANDER: THE OTHER SIDE OF DAWN". Film Threat. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
External links
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