Beginning of the End
Beginning of the End
Release: 1957-06-28
·Runtime: 73m
·★ 3.8
Horror
Science Fiction
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?
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
AB-PT Pictures Corp.
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Dennis Moore
as Police Dispatcher KLP646
Peter Graves
as Dr. Ed Wainwright
Thomas Browne Henry
as Col. Tom Sturgeon
Don C. Harvey
as State Police Car 254 Officer
Bill Baldwin
as TV Announcer (uncredited)
Hank Patterson
as Dave
Kirk Alyn
as Bomber Pilot
Joe Cranston
as Soldier (uncredited)
Paul Frees
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Ralph Sanford
as Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]
Bert Stevens
as Col. Hill [bit]
James Seay
as Capt. James Barton
Frank Chase
as Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
James Douglas
as Army Sentry (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
as Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)
Rayford Barnes
as Chuck, granary platoon soldier
Peggie Castle
as Audrey Aimes
Larry J. Blake
as Roadblock Sergeant
Zon Murray
as Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera
Morris Ankrum
as Gen. John Hanson
Eilene Janssen
as William's Date
Douglas Evans
as Editor Norman Taggart
Frank Wilcox
as Gen. Short
Than Wyenn
as Frank Johnson
Richard Benedict
as Cpl. Mathias
