Beginning of the End (1957)
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?
Director:
Bert I. Gordon
Writers:
Fred Freiberger, Lester Gorn.
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Peter Graves as Dr. Ed Wainwright |
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Peggie Castle as Audrey Aimes |
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Morris Ankrum as Gen. John Hanson |
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Than Wyenn as Frank Johnson |
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Thomas Browne Henry as Col. Tom Sturgeon |
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Richard Benedict as Cpl. Mathias |
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James Seay as Capt. James Barton |
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John Close as Maj. Everett |
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Don C. Harvey as State Police Car 254 Officer |
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Larry J. Blake as Roadblock Sergeant |
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Eilene Janssen as William's Date |
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Hylton Socher as Frank, grainary platoon soldier |
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Frank Wilcox as Gen. Short |
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Douglas Evans as Editor Norman Taggart |
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Paul Grant as William Summerfield, teen boy |
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Richard Emory as Lieutenant |
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Hank Patterson as Dave |
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Steve Warren as Observation Post #3 Soldier |
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Frank Connor as Observation Post #1 Soldier |
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Don Eitner as Observation Post #2 Soldier |
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Rayford Barnes as Chuck, granary platoon soldier |
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Kirk Alyn as Bomber Pilot |
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Bill Baldwin as TV Announcer (uncredited) |
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Frank Chase as Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) |
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Joe Cranston as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Patricia Dean as Red Cross Representative |
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James Douglas as Army Sentry (uncredited) |
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Paul Frees as Helicopter Pilot (voice) |
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Lyle Latell as Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited) |
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Dennis Moore as Police Dispatcher KLP646 |
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Zon Murray as Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera |
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Alan Reynolds as Agricultural Agent |
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Ralph Sanford as Man with Red Cross Representative [extra] |
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Bert Stevens as Col. Hill [bit] |
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Alan Wells as Headquarters Sergeant |
| Directing | Bert I. Gordon | Director |
| Crew | Flora M. Gordon | Special Effects Assistant |
| Writing | Fred Freiberger | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lester Gorn | Screenplay |
| Production | Bert I. Gordon | Producer |
| Crew | Bert I. Gordon | Special Effects |
| Sound | Albert Glasser | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jack A. Marta | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Aaron Stell | Editor |
| Art | Walter E. Keller | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steve Drumm | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Wilson Shyer | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Austin Herrick | Electrician |
| Sound | Albert Glasser | Music Director |
| Sound | Douglas Stewart | Sound Effects |
| Sound | George J. Eppich | Sound Effects |
| Directing | Melville Shyer | Assistant Director |
| Art | George Milo | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Richard E. Tyler | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Morris J. McNaughton | Music Editor |
| Camera | Nels Mathias | Key Grip |
| Art | James Harris | Property Master |
