Playing to Win: A Moment of Truth Movie (1998)
A young girl is taken with a boy that she meets, but he leads her into gambling where she begins losing money, becomes desperate, and starts to steal.
Top billed cast
Shelley FabaresNancy Erickson
Lisa Dean RyanDana Erikson
David LascherMarshall Kearns
Malcolm StewartPaul
Teryl RotheryCounselor- Melissa Barker SauerJanice
Kirby MorrowRyan
Kimberley WarnatKristi
Robert MoloneyArtie
Gordon CurrieFrank
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