Beginning of the End (1957)
Beginning of the End (1957)
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Peter Graves
Dr. Ed Wainwright
Peggie Castle
Audrey Aimes
Morris Ankrum
Gen. John Hanson
Thomas Browne Henry
Col. Tom Sturgeon
Than Wyenn
Frank Johnson
Bert I. Gordon
Director
Richard Benedict
Cpl. Mathias
Fred Freiberger
Writer
James Seay
Capt. James Barton
Lester Gorn
Writer
John Close
Maj. Everett
Albert Glasser
Composer
Don C. Harvey
State Police Car 254 Officer
Larry J. Blake
Roadblock Sergeant
Jack A. Marta
Cinematographer
Aaron Stell
Editor
Eilene Janssen
William's Date
Hyllton Socher
Frank, grainary platoon soldier
Frank Wilcox
Gen. Short
Douglas Evans
Editor Norman Taggart
Paul Grant
William Summerfield, teen boy
Richard Emory
Lieutenant
Hank Patterson
Dave
Steve Warren
Observation Post #3 Soldier
Frank Connor
Observation Post #1 Soldier
Don Eitner
Observation Post #2 Soldier
Rayford Barnes
Chuck, granary platoon soldier
Kirk Alyn
Bomber Pilot
Bill Baldwin
TV Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Chase
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Joe Cranston
Soldier (uncredited)
Patricia Dean
Red Cross Representative
James Douglas
Army Sentry (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Lyle Latell
Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Police Dispatcher KLP646
Zon Murray
Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera
Alan Reynolds
Agricultural Agent
Ralph Sanford
Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]
Bert Stevens
Col. Hill [bit]
Alan Wells
Headquarters Sergeant
George Milo
Set Decoration
Walter E. Keller
Art Direction
Douglas Stewart
Sound Effects
Flora M. Gordon
Special Effects Assistant
Melville Shyer
Assistant Director
Nels Mathias
Key Grip
Steve Drumm
Makeup Artist
Wilson Shyer
Second Assistant Director
George J. Eppich
Sound Effects
Austin Herrick
Electrician
Richard E. Tyler
Sound Mixer
Morris J. McNaughton
Music Editor
James Harris
Property Master
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 28, 1957
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 13m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsChicago, United States
Genres
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Wiki.
Beginning of the End is a 1957 American science fiction film produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon. It stars Peter Graves, Peggie Castle, and Morris Ankrum. An agricultural scientist, played by Graves, successfully grows gigantic vegetables using radiation. Unfortunately, the vegetables are eaten by locusts (the swarming phase of short-horned grasshoppers), which quickly grow to a gigantic size and attack the nearby city of Chicago. Beginning of the End is generally known for its "atrocious" special effects, "and yet," writes reviewer Bill Warren, "there is something almost compellingly watchable about this goofy little movie".
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