Beginning of the End
Horror
Science Fiction
New thrills! New shocks! New terror!
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?
1957-06-28
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Cast
Director
Bert I. Gordon
Peter Graves as Dr. Ed Wainwright
Peggie Castle as Audrey Aimes
Morris Ankrum as Gen. John Hanson
Than Wyenn as Frank Johnson
Thomas Browne Henry as Col. Tom Sturgeon
Richard Benedict as Cpl. Mathias
James Seay as Capt. James Barton
Don C. Harvey as State Police Car 254 Officer
Larry J. Blake as Roadblock Sergeant
Eilene Janssen as William's Date
Frank Wilcox as Gen. Short
Douglas Evans as Editor Norman Taggart
Hank Patterson as Dave
Rayford Barnes as Chuck, granary platoon soldier
Kirk Alyn as Bomber Pilot
Bill Baldwin as TV Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Chase as Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Joe Cranston as Soldier (uncredited)
James Douglas as Army Sentry (uncredited)
Paul Frees as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Lyle Latell as Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)
Dennis Moore as Police Dispatcher KLP646
Zon Murray as Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera
Ralph Sanford as Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]