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The Grasshopper is a 1969 drama film directed by Jerry Paris. It stars Jacqueline Bisset and Jim Brown. Christine Adams, a cheerful 19-year-old from British Columbia, Canada, travels to Los Angeles to be with her fiance, who works there in a bank. When the relationship doesn't work out, she tries Las Vegas next. Chris finds work as a showgirl. She meets casino boss Tommy Marcott, a former pro football player. They fall in love, but Tommy gives a vicious beating on a golf course to a man who has abused Chris and it costs Tommy his casino job. They marry and go back to L.A., where tragedy... MORE

The Grasshopper is a 1969 drama film directed by Jerry Paris. It stars Jacqueline Bisset and Jim Brown. Christine Adams, a cheerful 19-year-old from British Columbia, Canada, travels to Los Angeles to be with her fiance, who works there in a bank. When the relationship doesn't work out, she tries Las Vegas next. Chris finds work as a showgirl. She meets casino boss Tommy Marcott, a former pro football player. They fall in love, but Tommy gives a vicious beating on a golf course to a man who has abused Chris and it costs Tommy his casino job. They marry and go back to L.A., where tragedy strikes. Chris, now 22 and alone, moves back to Vegas and ends up a prostitute. LESS