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The Young Runaways (1978)

The Young Runaways (1978)

Drama Adventure Family TV Movie
Release Date: 1978, May 28
Directors: Russ Mayberry
Countries: United States of America
Production: Walt Disney Productions
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sonny Shroyer, Robert Webber, Howard Platt, Newell Alexander, Richard Bakalyan, John Lupton, Walter Barnes, Lucille Benson, Sharon Farrell, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins

Overview:

Heartless parents C.L. Doyle and his wife take two of their older children, Rosebud & Joseph T. Doyle, on a family vacation to Alaska, but dump their younger ones, Freddy & Margaret Jean, in a Los Angeles foster home. Infuriated by this, Rosebud talks Joseph T. into running away with her so that they can break their younger siblings out of the system, which sparks a manhunt, and an outburst of sympathy among kids everywhere. [Wonderful World of Disney (1954), Season 24, Episode 17]

Keywords:

los angeles, california foster child alaska foster home runaway children