The Grasshopper (1969)
The Grasshopper (1969)
Directed by Jerry Paris
DVD-R | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 (720 x 480) | 01:35:39 | 3,66 Gb
Audio: English @ 48.0 KHz 2CH AC-3 | Subs: none
Genre: Drama, Romance | Warner Archive Collection
This episodic coming-of-age story focuses on a beautiful, innocent teenager who plans to travel from her native British Columbia to join her boyfriend in Los Angeles. However, she gets sidetracked by a nightclub comedian, who persuades her to move to Las Vegas.
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The Grasshopper (1969)
British Columbia is too dull for Christine. Ditto for suburban L.A. with her button-down boyfriend. Only one place holds excitement for the eager 19-year-old: Las Vegas. Jacqueline Bisset (Bullitt, Day For Night) stars in this compelling portrait of Christine, a Vegas showgirl unable to stop her life's downward spiral.
The Grasshopper (1969)
Neither talented nor ambitious enough to escape the chorus line, Christine enters a troubled marriage with an ex-footballer (Jim Brown), becomes the focal point of a mob hit, finds momentary comfort as mistress of a millionaire (Joseph Cotton), then drifts into full-time prostitution, all by age 22.
The Grasshopper (1969)
This insightful drama shows another side of writers/producers Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson, more noted as comedy kingpins. Let this "remarkable, neglected film" (Steven G. Scheuer, Movies on TV) reveal to you the secrets behind a showgirl's smile.
- From the back of the jacket.