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The Young Runaways

The Young Runaways

NR 1978 · 100 min · ★ 7.0 · Adventure, Drama, Family, TV Movie

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]

Directed by Russ Mayberry · Written by Sy Gomberg

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