Grasshopper (1970)
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63% of users liked it
(27 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jerry Paris
- Written By
- Jerry Belson & Garry Marshall
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1970 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
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.
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Roger Greenspun, New York Times
A film of ordinary ambitions and of limited but sometimes stunning success.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
A well-done film, with a fine performance by Bisset.
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Cast
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Jacqueline Bisset
as Christine
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Jim Brown
as Tommy Marcott
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Joseph Cotten
as Richard Morgan
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Corbett Monica
as Danny Raymond
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Ramon Bieri
as Roosevelt Dekker
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Christopher Stone
as Jay Rigney
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Roger Garrett
as Buck
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Stanley Adams
as Buddy Miller
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Dick Richards
as Lou Bellman
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Tim O'Kelly
as Eddie Molina
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Stefanianna Christopherson
as Libby
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Sandi Gaviola
as Kyo
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Eris Sandy
as Vicky
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Jay Laskay
as Manny
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Therese Baldwin
as Gigi
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Chris Wong
as Billy
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Kathalyn Turner
as Ann Marie
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John Aprea
as The Ice Pack
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William H. Bassett
as Aaron
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Ed Flanders
as Jack Bishop
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Marc Hannibal
as Marion Walters
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Dave Ketchum
as Football Conventioner
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Jessica Myerson
as Wedding Chapel Owner
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Tom Nolan
as Vic
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Penny Marshall
as Plaster Caster
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Jim Smith
as Larry
- Monica Corbett
