Welcome to 18 (1987)

Written by Judith Sherman Walin and Terri Garr, Directed by Terri Garr

Starring: Courtney Thorne-Smith, Mariska Hargitay, Jo-ann Willete, Cristen Kauffman, E. Erich Anderson, John Putch, Jeff McGregor

A group of giggling gals have just graduated high school and are celebrating Courtney`s birthday, when they decide to go on road trip to a Las Vegas dude ranch one of them heard about, where you can stay for a low fee in exchange for a few light chores. Off they go, but it`s not the righteous summer adventure they`d hoped for. (Though there are a few studly cowboy types to show them around on their one day off per week.)

Our girls manage to escape their indentured servitude and end up as guests in a rich boy`s house, who gets them fake ID`s and casino jobs, but this also falls through and they find themselves in a dumpy lakeside cabin in nowheresville with no money and nothing to do.

When they discover that an old friend is being used and abused by their rich Vegas acquaintance, our gals spring into action to save her and themselves from the horrible summer they`ve all experienced. They come up with a cockamamie scheme to win the money to pay off all their debts and buy their gal pal`s freedom by playing high-stakes poker. Courtney is good, and she wins, saving them all from a life of forced prostitution, then they rescue their friend and escape from the evil rich dude after an exciting boat chase! Ally McBeal would approve, of course.

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