Runaway(1989)
After witnessing the accidental death of a friend who was attempting to rescue him from bullies, an African-American boy blames himself and, stricken with guilt, hides out among underground street people in New York.
Movie: Runaway
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Ralph Colby
Charlene "Charlie"
Miss Hartley
Aunt Anna Mae
K.C.
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