在这部跷家女孩喜剧/剧情片中,电影大导演乔．丹蒂为电视拍摄的精彩作品。时代背景是风气纯真的1957年，少女玛丽怀疑自己搞大了肚子，于是带同两位闺中好友追赶到圣地牙哥去，希望在其男友包伯前往海军报到之前把他逮住。另一方面，三名少女的父母以为她们被绑架，乃找警察和私家侦探寻人。经过一番扰攘之后，玛丽才赫然她根本没有怀孕。这个类似通俗剧的情节经过生动活泼的喜剧化处理后显得趣味盈然，流露出一种庸人自扰的戏谑气氛。朱莉．鲍恩等一群青春男女演员有讨喜的演出，也有不少美国电影界的著名演员在片中客串亮相。
Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small town lives. Mary discovers that she's pregnant after having sex with her boyfriend. Since said boyfriend has enlisted in the navy, the trio decide to drive cross country to San Diego to confront him. The gals encounter a colorful array of folks on their journey.
