Film

Beginning of the End

1957 · 1h 13m · Horror · Science Fiction

New thrills! New shocks! New terror!

IMDb

4.0

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?

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

Hylton Socher

Frank, grainary platoon soldier

Frank Wilcox

Gen. Short

Douglas Evans

Editor Norman Taggart

Paul Grant

William Summerfield, teen boy

Richard Emory

Lieutenant

• Bert I. GordonDirector · Producer
• Lester GornScreenplay
• Fred FreibergerScreenplay
• Jack A. MartaDirector of Photography
• Albert GlasserOriginal Music Composer
• Aaron StellEditor

Beginning of the End movie trailer

Release date

June 28, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

NR

Genres

Horror, Science Fiction

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