Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End

73 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | June 28, 1957

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?

Beginning of the End

73 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | June 28, 1957

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?
IMDb rating 3.9
Producers AB-PT Pictures Corp.
Original title Beginning of the End
Directors Melville Shyer, Bert I. Gordon
Writers Lester Gorn, Fred Freiberger

Cast

Peter Graves

as Dr. Ed Wainwright

Peggie Castle

as Audrey Aimes

Morris Ankrum

as Gen. John Hanson

Thomas Browne Henry

as Col. Tom Sturgeon

James Seay

as Capt. James Barton

Than Wyenn

as Frank Johnson

John Close

as Maj. Everett

Richard Benedict

as Cpl. Mathias

Don C. Harvey

as State Police Car 254 Officer

Douglas Evans

as Editor Norman Taggart

Hyllton Socher

as Frank, grainary platoon soldier

Rayford Barnes

as Chuck, granary platoon soldier

Hank Patterson

as Dave

Paul Grant

as William Summerfield, teen boy

Eilene Janssen

as William's Date

Larry J. Blake

as Roadblock Sergeant

Zon Murray

as Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera

Steve Warren

as Observation Post #3 Soldier

Frank Connor

as Observation Post #1 Soldier

Don Eitner

as Observation Post #2 Soldier

Frank Wilcox

as Gen. Short

Alan Reynolds

as Agricultural Agent

Bert Stevens

as Col. Hill [bit]

Patricia Dean

as Red Cross Representative

Ralph Sanford

as Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]

Kirk Alyn

as Bomber Pilot

Paul Frees

as Helicopter Pilot (voice)

Dennis Moore

as Police Dispatcher KLP646

Richard Emory

as Lieutenant

Joe Cranston

as Soldier (uncredited)

Alan Wells

as Headquarters Sergeant