Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End (1957)

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  • Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
  • Release Date: 1957-06-28
  • User Rating: 3.8/10 from 32 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 13min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: AB-PT Pictures Corp.
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Bert I. Gordon
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Summary

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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  • Peter Graves

    as Dr. Ed Wainwright

  • Peggie Castle

    as Audrey Aimes

  • Morris Ankrum

    as Gen. John Hanson

  • Than Wyenn

    as Frank Johnson

  • Thomas Browne Henry

    as Col. Tom Sturgeon

  • Richard Benedict

    as Cpl. Mathias

  • James Seay

    as Capt. James Barton

  • John Close

    as Maj. Everett

  • Don C. Harvey

    as State Police Car 254 Officer

  • Larry J. Blake

    as Roadblock Sergeant

  • Eilene Janssen

    as William's Date

  • Hyllton Socher

    as Frank, grainary platoon soldier

  • Frank Wilcox

    as Gen. Short

  • Douglas Evans

    as Editor Norman Taggart

  • Paul Grant

    as William Summerfield, teen boy

  • Richard Emory

    as Lieutenant

  • Hank Patterson

    as Dave

  • Steve Warren

    as Observation Post #3 Soldier

  • Frank Connor

    as Observation Post #1 Soldier

  • Don Eitner

    as Observation Post #2 Soldier

  • Rayford Barnes

    as Chuck, granary platoon soldier

  • Kirk Alyn

    as Bomber Pilot

  • Bill Baldwin

    as TV Announcer (uncredited)

  • Frank Chase

    as Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

  • Joe Cranston

    as Soldier (uncredited)

  • Patricia Dean

    as Red Cross Representative

  • James Douglas

    as Army Sentry (uncredited)

  • Paul Frees

    as Helicopter Pilot (voice)

  • Lyle Latell

    as Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)

  • Dennis Moore

    as Police Dispatcher KLP646

  • Zon Murray

    as Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera

  • Alan Reynolds

    as Agricultural Agent

  • Ralph Sanford

    as Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]

  • Bert Stevens

    as Col. Hill [bit]

  • Alan Wells

    as Headquarters Sergeant
Directing Bert I. Gordon Director
Production Bert I. Gordon Producer
Writing Lester Gorn Screenplay
Crew Bert I. Gordon Special Effects
Camera Jack A. Marta Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Steve Drumm Makeup Artist
Art Walter E. Keller Art Direction
Writing Fred Freiberger Screenplay
Editing Aaron Stell Editor
Sound Albert Glasser Original Music Composer
Sound George J. Eppich Sound Effects
Art George Milo Set Decoration
Sound Douglas Stewart Sound Effects
Sound Richard E. Tyler Sound Mixer
Directing Melville Shyer Assistant Director
Sound Morris J. McNaughton Music Editor
Sound Albert Glasser Music Director
Camera Nels Mathias Key Grip
Art James Harris Property Master
Crew Flora M. Gordon Special Effects Assistant
Directing Wilson Shyer Second Assistant Director
Lighting Austin Herrick Electrician

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