The Grasshopper
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jerry Paris
Jacqueline Bisset
Jim Brown
Joseph Cotten
Corbett Monica
Ramon Bieri
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Bored, 19-year-old Christine Adams leaves her home in British Columbia and journeys to Los Angeles to join her old boyfriend, Eddie. Forced to hitchhike when her car breaks down in Utah, she is picked up by nightclub comedian Danny Raymond, who takes her to Las Vegas. In spite of her attraction to the city, Christine follows through with her original plan but soon becomes bored with the rather unexciting Eddie and her own mundane bank teller's job. She returns to Las Vegas, becomes a hotel showgirl, and meets such new friends as homosexual chorus boy Buck Brown, rock musician Jay Rigney, and Tommy Marcott, a black ex-football star who does promotional work for the same hotel. Christine and Tommy get married, but their happiness is marred by Tommy's realization that his job merely exploits his past. Christine accepts an invitation to the room of tycoon Rosie Dekker in the hopes that he can advance her husband's career. Dekker beats her brutally when she refuses his advances, and Tommy later retaliates by assaulting Dekker on the golf course. Christine and Tommy then move to Los Angeles and look for new jobs; but Christine tires of domesticity and writes a farewell note to her husband. As she prepares to leave, Tommy is murdered by one of Dekker's associates. Afterwards Christine begins to use drugs heavily. She returns to Las Vegas, but Dekker's blackballing prevents her from finding work, and she becomes first a high-priced call girl and then mistress to millionaire Richard Morgan, who wants to marry her. She takes up with her old friend Jay and permits him to pimp for her, in hopes of earning enough money to purchase a ranch where they can live happily forever. In time, Jay absconds with their large bankroll. Now completely alone and with no hopes for the future, Christine gets stoned on marijuana and entices a skywriter to write the work "fuck" in the air. Arrested and booked by the police, Christine, now 22 years old, has the haggard, down-and-out appearance of one who has been through it all.
Director
Jerry Paris
Cast
Jacqueline Bisset
Jim Brown
Joseph Cotten
Corbett Monica
Ramon Bieri
Christopher Stone
Roger Garrett
Stanley Adams
Dick Richards
Tim O'kelly
Stefanianna Christopherson
Ed Flanders
Wendy Farrinton
Sandi Gaviola
Eris Sandy
John David Wilder
Jay Laskay
Jim Smith
Therese Baldwin
Chris Wong
Kathalynn Turner
William H. Bassett
Marc Hannibal
David Duclon
Jessica Myerson
Bill Callaway
David Ketchum
Robert Liberman
Tom Nolan
Penny Marshall
John Aprea
Wendy Farrington
Maria Gambotti
Janice Jones
Pat Gil
Jill Hrushowy
Crew
Patricia Davey Abbott
Jerry Belson
Jerry Belson
Alan Boulter
Ray Brearly
John Carter
James R. Connell
Emmett Emerson
Don Feld
Michael French
Billy Goldenberg
William Goldenberg
David Haber
Joel Hirschhorn
Louis C. Holmes
Al Kasha
Tambi Larsen
Sam Leavitt
Garry Marshall
Garry Marshall
John Mick
John Muchmore
Joe Nayfack
John K. Nelson
Gustaf M. Norin
H. Bud Otto
Harlan W. Phillips
Scotty Rackin
Fred Roos
James Rosenberger
Bobby Russell
Francis X. Shaw Jr.
Thol O. Simonson
Frank Stanley
Aaron Stell
Donald J. Sullivan
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
Film contains location footage of Utah and Las Vegas. Working title: Angel.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States March 1979
Released in United States on Video December 14, 1988
Released in United States Spring May 1970
Released in United States March 1979 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (FilmEssay: Misappreciated American Films) March 14-30, 1979.)
Released in United States Spring May 1970
Released in United States on Video December 14, 1988
