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Beginning of the End
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Beginning of the End

1957-06-28 · 73 min · ★ 4.0

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?

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Directors
Bert I. Gordon
Production companies
AB-PT Pictures Corp.
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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Peter GravesPeter GravesDr. Ed Wainwright
Peggie CastlePeggie CastleAudrey Aimes
Morris AnkrumMorris AnkrumGen. John Hanson
Than WyennThan WyennFrank Johnson
Thomas Browne HenryThomas Browne HenryCol. Tom Sturgeon
Richard BenedictRichard BenedictCpl. Mathias
James SeayJames SeayCapt. James Barton
John CloseMaj. Everett
Don C. HarveyDon C. HarveyState Police Car 254 Officer
Larry J. BlakeLarry J. BlakeRoadblock Sergeant
Eilene JanssenEilene JanssenWilliam's Date
Hylton SocherFrank, grainary platoon soldier
Frank WilcoxFrank WilcoxGen. Short
Douglas EvansDouglas EvansEditor Norman Taggart
Paul GrantWilliam Summerfield, teen boy
Richard EmoryLieutenant
Hank PattersonHank PattersonDave
Steve WarrenObservation Post #3 Soldier
Frank ConnorObservation Post #1 Soldier
Don EitnerObservation Post #2 Soldier

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