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Beginning of the End

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Calorie Rating: 103
Released: 1957-06-28
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 73 Minutes
Studios: AB-PT Pictures Corp.,


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 / Directors

Melville Shyer
Assistant Director
Wilson Shyer
Second Assistant Director



Cast

Peter Graves
Character: Dr. Ed Wainwright
Peggie Castle
Character: Audrey Aimes
Morris Ankrum
Character: Gen. John Hanson

Than Wyenn
Character: Frank Johnson
Thomas Browne Henry
Character: Col. Tom Sturgeon
Richard Benedict
Character: Cpl. Mathias

James Seay
Character: Capt. James Barton
John Close
Character: Maj. Everett
Don C. Harvey
Character: State Police Car 254 Officer

Larry J. Blake
Character: Roadblock Sergeant
Eilene Janssen
Character: William's Date
Hyllton Socher
Character: Frank, grainary platoon soldier

Frank Wilcox
Character: Gen. Short
Douglas Evans
Character: Editor Norman Taggart
Paul Grant
Character: William Summerfield, teen boy

Richard Emory
Character: Lieutenant
Hank Patterson
Character: Dave
Steve Warren
Character: Observation Post #3 Soldier

Frank Connor
Character: Observation Post #1 Soldier
Don Eitner
Character: Observation Post #2 Soldier
Rayford Barnes
Character: Chuck, granary platoon soldier

Kirk Alyn
Character: Bomber Pilot
Bill Baldwin
Character: TV Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Chase
Character: Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Joe Cranston
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Patricia Dean
Character: Red Cross Representative
James Douglas
Character: Army Sentry (uncredited)

Paul Frees
Character: Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Lyle Latell
Character: Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Character: Police Dispatcher KLP646

Zon Murray
Character: Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera
Alan Reynolds
Character: Agricultural Agent
Ralph Sanford
Character: Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]

Bert Stevens
Character: Col. Hill [bit]
Alan Wells
Character: Headquarters Sergeant


Production and Crew

Lester Gorn
Screenplay
Bert I. Gordon
Special Effects

Jack A. Marta
Director of Photography
Steve Drumm
Makeup Artist
Walter E. Keller
Art Direction

Albert Glasser
Original Music Composer

George J. Eppich
Sound Effects
George Milo
Set Decoration
Douglas Stewart
Sound Effects

Albert Glasser
Music Director

James Harris
Property Master
Flora M. Gordon
Special Effects Assistant

Austin Herrick
Electrician