

Beginning of the End
"New thrills! New shocks! New terror!"
Overview
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?
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
AB-PT Pictures Corp.
Key Crew

Bert I. Gordon
Director

Bert I. Gordon
Producer

Fred Freiberger
Screenplay
Cast

Peter Graves
Dr. Ed Wainwright

Peggie Castle
Audrey Aimes

Morris Ankrum
Gen. John Hanson

Than Wyenn
Frank Johnson

Thomas Browne Henry
Col. Tom Sturgeon

Richard Benedict
Cpl. Mathias

James Seay
Capt. James Barton
John Close
Maj. Everett

Don C. Harvey
State Police Car 254 Officer

Larry J. Blake
Roadblock Sergeant

Eilene Janssen
William's Date
Hyllton Socher
Frank, grainary platoon soldier

Frank Wilcox
Gen. Short
Douglas Evans
Editor Norman Taggart
Paul Grant
William Summerfield, teen boy
Richard Emory
Lieutenant

Hank Patterson
Dave
Steve Warren
Observation Post #3 Soldier
Frank Connor
Observation Post #1 Soldier
Don Eitner
Observation Post #2 Soldier