The Grasshopper

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Actors: Jacqueline Bisset , Joseph Cotten , Jim Brown , William Bassett , Ramon Bieri , Ed Flanders , Christopher Stone , William Callaway , David Ketchum , Marc Hannibal , Kathalynn Turner , Roger Garrett , Corbett Monica , Stefanianna Christopherson , Therese Baldwin

Director: Jerry Paris

IMDB Rate: 5.9 out of 10 (123 votes)

Plot Summary:Christine Adams, at 19, leaves her small town in British Columbia to follow her boy-friend to L.A., where he works for a bank, to live with him and have babies. Hes not keen on a baby right away, so she gets bored and heads for Las Vegas where she talks her way into a job as a show girl. Friendships sustain her in this day-by-day life, and one of those friendships, with NFL great Tommy Marcott whos now the glorified greeter at a casino, blossoms into a marriage. Tommy loses his job after beating a man who assaults Chris, so they head for L.A. There tragedy strikes, and theres no place left for her but Vegas and prostitution. Are redemption and fulfillment possible on the Strip?