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Image:Osod99.jpg Unidentified actress and actor Leigh McCloskey in Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
An
NBC made-for-television movie, first telecast
May 16,
1977, directed by
John Erman.
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn is the gender-switch follow-up to the 1976 TV movie
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway. While Dawn concentrated on the sordid descent of a young girl into crime and prostitution, Alexander devotes its time to the exploits of a teenaged boy (
Leigh J. McCloskey), whose character was introduced in the earlier film. A former
Oklahoma farm boy, Alexander takes to the streets of
Los Angeles, where he becomes a hustler, gigolo and
male prostitute. After falling in love with Dawn (
Eve Plumb), Alexander strives to escape his dead-end world and begin life anew. The drama is absorbing, and the direction by
John Erman is moody and effective, capturing the darkness and despair of Alexander's life. Erman, an accomplished
director of television movies, also directed the highly acclaimed, touching
1985 AIDS drama An Early Frost. Running time: 100 minutes, not rated.
{Source: All Movie Guide, Hal Erickson}