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Beginning of the End

37 %|Jun 28, 1957|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?

Featured Crew

Bert I. Gordon
Director
Flora M. Gordon
Special Effects Assistant
Fred Freiberger
Screenplay
Lester Gorn
Screenplay
Bert I. Gordon
Producer
Bert I. Gordon
Special Effects
Albert Glasser
Original Music Composer
Jack A. Marta
Director of Photography

Cast

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Peter Graves
Dr. Ed Wainwright
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Peggie Castle
Audrey Aimes
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Morris Ankrum
Gen. John Hanson
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Than Wyenn
Frank Johnson
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Thomas Browne Henry
Col. Tom Sturgeon
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Richard Benedict
Cpl. Mathias
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James Seay
Capt. James Barton
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John Close
Maj. Everett
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Don C. Harvey
State Police Car 254 Officer
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Larry J. Blake
Roadblock Sergeant
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Eilene Janssen
William's Date
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Hyllton Socher
Frank, grainary platoon soldier
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Frank Wilcox
Gen. Short
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Douglas Evans
Editor Norman Taggart
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Paul Grant
William Summerfield, teen boy
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Richard Emory
Lieutenant
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Steve Warren
Observation Post #3 Soldier
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Frank Connor
Observation Post #1 Soldier
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Don Eitner
Observation Post #2 Soldier
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Rayford Barnes
Chuck, granary platoon soldier
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Kirk Alyn
Bomber Pilot
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Bill Baldwin
TV Announcer (uncredited)
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Frank Chase
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
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Joe Cranston
Soldier (uncredited)
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Patricia Dean
Red Cross Representative
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James Douglas
Army Sentry (uncredited)
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Paul Frees
Helicopter Pilot (voice)
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Lyle Latell
Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)
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Dennis Moore
Police Dispatcher KLP646
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Zon Murray
Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera
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Alan Reynolds
Agricultural Agent
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Ralph Sanford
Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]
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Bert Stevens
Col. Hill [bit]
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Alan Wells
Headquarters Sergeant