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TYPICAL 1970'S MADE FOR T.V. YOUTH / CRIME FILM. A YOUNG GIRL IS KIDNAPPED BY A MALE CLASSMATE AND FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN A ROBBERY ATTEMPT.PROSECUTORS PORTRAY HER AS GIRLFRIEND AND WILLING ACCOMPLICE OF THE DERANGED BOY,WHICH LANDS HER IN A "REFORM SCHOOL FOR GIRLS" UNTIL ADULTHOOD.ONCE INSIDE, SHE ENCOUNTERS THE USUAL STEREOTYPES DEPICTED AS INHABITANTS OF THESE "HOMES"-"THE MILITANT BLACK GIRL","UNWED UNEDUCATED EXPECTANT TEEN","TROUBLEMAKING LEADER OF THE LESBIAN GANG"AND "THE SYMPATHETIC TEACHER". OF COURSE,CONFLICTS ARISE BETWEEN ALL

OF THESE PEOPLE AND WHAT FOLLOWS IS A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING LOOK AT HOLLYWOOD'S TAKE ON TEENS IN THE 70'S.

OTHER RECOMMENDED FILMS OF THE GENRE- --BORN INNOCENT --OVER THE EDGE --THE GIRLS OF HUNTINGTON HOUSE --SWITCHBLADE SISTERS {A.K.A. THE JEZEBELS}