Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End

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NR 1957 · 73 min · ★ 4.0 · Horror, Science Fiction

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?

Directed by Bert I. Gordon · Written by Fred Freiberger

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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

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