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	May 16, 1977;
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]

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 rehabilitate, but he gets involved with a homosexual football pro (Feinstein).

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 herself
Alice Hirson as Judge White
Jonathan Banks as Michael
Fred Sadoff as Mr. Anderson
Doria Cook-Nelson as Della

Alexander was the last appearance by actress Jean Hagen, who died August 29, 1977.

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 (February 1, 2013). "The Bootleg Files: Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn". Film Threat. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013.

External links

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn on IMDb

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[1] Levine, Elana (2007). Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television. Duke University Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN 9780822339199.

[2] Hall, Phil (February 1, 2013). "The Bootleg Files: Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn". Film Threat. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013.