Grasshopper (The)
- Director: Jerry Paris
- Writer: Mark McShane; Jerry Belson
- Producer: Jerry Belson; Garry Marshall
CGiii Comment
Wide-eyed nineteen year old Christine Adams decides on a whim to leave her broken family life in small town British Columbia to move to Los Angeles to be with her boyfriend Eddie Molina, who doesn't know she's coming. Christine hopes to start a family with Eddie immediately. But Christine finds that she is restless in her life with Eddie and moves on.
From move to move which are always done on a whim, Christine has a similar restless attitude, always dreaming of something better. But she has no real marketable job skills - although she is always thinking about continuing with her schooling in some trade to make a better life for herself - or sense of what working in a traditional type job means. She is able to get by on her looks, which lands her a job as a Las Vegas showgirl.
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Cast & Characters
Jacqueline Bisset as Christine Adams;
Jim Brown as Tommy Marcott;
Joseph Cotten as Richard Morgan;
Corbett Monica as Danny Raymond;
Christopher Stone as Jay Rigney;
Ramon Bieri as Roosevelt Dekker;
Ed Flanders as Jack Benton;
William Callaway as Elroy;
Roger Garrett as Buck Brown;
Therese Baldwin as Gigi;
William Bassett as Aaron;
Kathalynn Turner as Ann Marie Dekker;
Stefanianna Christopherson as Libby;
Marc Hannibal as Marion Walters;
David Ketchum as Football Conventioner