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Beginning of the End

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?

1957 |1h 13m |  Horror, Science Fiction

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Cast

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Peter Graves

Dr. Ed Wainwright

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Peggie Castle

Audrey Aimes

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Morris Ankrum

Gen. John Hanson

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Than Wyenn

Frank Johnson

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Thomas Browne Henry

Col. Tom Sturgeon

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Richard Benedict

Cpl. Mathias

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James Seay

Capt. James Barton

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Don C. Harvey

State Police Car 254 Officer

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Larry J. Blake

Roadblock Sergeant

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Eilene Janssen

William's Date

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Frank Wilcox

Gen. Short

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Hank Patterson

Dave

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Rayford Barnes

Chuck, granary platoon soldier

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Kirk Alyn

Bomber Pilot

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Bill Baldwin

TV Announcer (uncredited)

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Frank Chase

Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

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James Douglas

Army Sentry (uncredited)

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Paul Frees

Helicopter Pilot (voice)

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Lyle Latell

Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)

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Dennis Moore

Police Dispatcher KLP646

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Zon Murray

Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera

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Ralph Sanford

Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]

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Bert Stevens

Col. Hill [bit]

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Status

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Language

English

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