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