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 as a small part as Terry, a juvenile delinquent who meets a bad end.

[1][2] The film begins with Shelley Morrison (Brooke Bundy) packing to run away from home because she feels she is not loved by her widowed father (Lloyd Bochner).

She has overheard him telling columnist Army Archerd that he is testing some of his psychological theories about teenagers on his own daughter.

There he meets Terry (Richard Dreyfuss), who refuses to work and makes fun of Dewey for wanting to find a job.