
Beginning of the End
New thrills! New shocks! New terror!
1957 en 73 minutes
Rating: 3.8
Plot
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?
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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

John Close
Maj. Everett

Don C. Harvey
State Police Car 254 Officer

Larry J. Blake
Roadblock Sergeant

Eilene Janssen
William's Date

Hyllton Socher
Frank, grainary platoon soldier

Frank Wilcox
Gen. Short

Douglas Evans
Editor Norman Taggart

Paul Grant
William Summerfield, teen boy

Richard Emory
Lieutenant

Hank Patterson
Dave

Steve Warren
Observation Post #3 Soldier

Frank Connor
Observation Post #1 Soldier

Don Eitner
Observation Post #2 Soldier

Rayford Barnes
Chuck, granary platoon soldier

Kirk Alyn
Bomber Pilot

Bill Baldwin
TV Announcer (uncredited)

Frank Chase
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Joe Cranston
Soldier (uncredited)

Patricia Dean
Red Cross Representative

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

Alan Reynolds
Agricultural Agent

Ralph Sanford
Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]

Bert Stevens
Col. Hill [bit]

Alan Wells
Headquarters Sergeant