The Young Runaways

The Young Runaways (1968)

Genres - Drama  |   Release Date - Sep 11, 1968 (USA - Unknown), Sep 11, 1968 (USA)  |   Run Time - 91 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides

Three teenage runaways leave home for life in the big city. Shelly (Brooke Bundy) runs away from her father (Lloyd Bochner), when communication breaks down between the success-minded dad and his daughter. Dewey (Kevin Coughlin) leaves behind life on the farm when his girlfriend suggests she may be pregnant. Deanie (Patty McCormick) is the sex-starved teen who runs away from her promiscuous mother (Lynn Bari) and her father who doesn't have a clue (Norman Fell). Dick Sargent plays the kind soul who offers the teens temporary refuge in his home. Richard Dreyfuss makes an early film appearance as a lazy, draft-dodging car thief in this youthful exploitation feature. The Gordian Knot delivers two songs as the runaways fall victim to drugs, prostitution and other urban nightmares.

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against-all-odds, criminal, decadence, runaway [from home], home