Beginning of the End
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation. Worse yet, thousands of them are headed toward Chicago! Can they be stopped... or is this the BEGINNING OF THE END?
Release Date
June 28, 1957Runtime
73 minRating
NRDirected by
Bert I. Gordon, Wilson Shyer, Melville ShyerScreenplay by
Lester Gorn, Fred FreibergerLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Cast
Peter Graves
Dr. Ed Wainwright
Peggie Castle
Audrey Aimes
Morris Ankrum
Gen. John Hanson
Than Wyenn
Frank Johnson
Thomas Browne Henry
Col. Tom Sturgeon
Richard Benedict
Cpl. Mathias
James Seay
Capt. James Barton
Don C. Harvey
State Police Car 254 Officer
Larry J. Blake
Roadblock Sergeant
Eilene Janssen
William's Date
Frank Wilcox
Gen. Short
Hank Patterson
Dave
Rayford Barnes
Chuck, granary platoon soldier
Kirk Alyn
Bomber Pilot
Bill Baldwin
TV Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Chase
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
James Douglas
Army Sentry (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Lyle Latell
Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Police Dispatcher KLP646
Zon Murray
Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera
Ralph Sanford
Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]
Bert Stevens
Col. Hill [bit]Images
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