The Grasshopper

Name: The Grasshopper
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-04-12T08:32:37-07:00

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Christine (Jacqueline Bisset) is the young bank teller who is bored with her job and her husband. She leaves for Las Vegas where she scores a job as a chorus girl. The beautiful Christine does not have the talent to parlay the job into an upwardly mobile career. She marries an older man and becomes a "kept woman." Tommy Marcott (Jim Brown) is the greeter at a casino who poses for pictures with the guests and marries Christine. When Christine is invited to dinner by Roosevelt Dekker (Ramon Bieri), she is beaten up by her host. Tommy tracks down the construction magnate at a local golf course and beats him to a pulp. Danny (Corbett Monica) is the comic who gives Christine her first tour of Vegas and his bedroom. Christine hires a pilot to skywrite an obscenity that sums up her feelings about her experience. Joseph Cotten also appears in this drama of a naive young woman nearly swallowed up by the seamier side of the Las Vegas nightlife.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Jerry Paris
Written By:

Jerry Belson, Garry Marshall
In Theaters:

Jan 1, 1970 wide
Runtime:

98 minutes
Studio:

National General Pictures

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Cast

Jacqueline Bisset
as Christine Adams

Jim Brown
as Tommy Marcott

Joseph Cotten
as Richard Morgan

Corbett Monica
as Danny Raymond

Ramon Bieri
as Roosevelt Dekker

Christopher Stone
as Jay Rigney

Roger Garrett
as Buck

Stanley Adams
as Buddy Miller

R.M. Richards
as Lou Bellman

Tim O'Kelly
as Eddie Molina

Stefanianna Christopherson
as Libby

Ed Flanders
as Jack Bishop

Wendy Farrington
as Connie

Sandi Gaviola
as Kyo

Eris Sandy
as Vicky

John David Wilder
as Timmy

Jay Laskay
as Manny

Jim Smith
as Larry

Therese Baldwin
as Gigi

Chris Wong
as Billy

Kathalyn Turner
as Ann Marie

William H. Bassett
as Aaron

Marc Hannibal
as Walters

David W. Duclon
as Miller's Son

Jessica Myerson
as Saleswoman

Dave Ketchum
as Football Conventioner

Tom Nolan
as Vic

Penny Marshall
as Plaster Caster

John Aprea
as The Ice Pack

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Critic Reviews for The Grasshopper

All Critics (4) | Top Critics (2)

Bisset is on camera for almost the entire film, kept carefully within her dramatic depth by Director Jerry Paris, with unexpected outbreaks of a kooky humor.

Oct 17, 2007 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
Top Critic
A film of ordinary ambitions and of limited but sometimes stunning success.

May 9, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Roger Greenspun
New York Times
Top Critic
A better than expected dark showgirl life lesson story, that still underwhelms even if it never turns as vulgar as it suggests it would.

Mar 9, 2014 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A well-done film, with a fine performance by Bisset.

Oct 17, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

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