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