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The Young Runaways (1968)

The Young Runaways poster
Directed by
Arthur Dreifuss
Genre
teen film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three teenagers from troubled homes run away to Los Angeles. They fall in with bad crowds and face harsh consequences.

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What happens

The Young Runaways is a 1968 American drama film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Brooke Bundy, Kevin Coughlin and Patty McCormack. The supporting players are Lloyd Bochner, Dick Sargent, and in one of his early roles, Richard Dreyfuss, who has a small part as Terry, a juvenile delinquent who meets a bad end. It was McCormack's comeback film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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