Beginning of the End (1957)

Name: Beginning of the End
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1957-06-28
Duration: 73 min
Cast: Peter Graves, Peggie Castle, Morris Ankrum, Than Wyenn, Thomas Browne Henry

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?

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Released 1957-06-28 · 73 min · Horror, Science Fiction

Directed by Bert I. Gordon

Cast

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
John Close as Maj. Everett
Don C. Harvey as State Police Car 254 Officer
Larry J. Blake as Roadblock Sergeant
Eilene Janssen as William's Date
Hylton Socher as Frank, grainary platoon soldier
Frank Wilcox as Gen. Short
Douglas Evans as Editor Norman Taggart
Paul Grant as William Summerfield, teen boy