Beginning of the End
1957An 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?
Acted in
Peter Graves
as Dr. Ed Wainwright
Peggie Castle
as Audrey Aimes
Morris Ankrum
as Gen. John Hanson
Than Wyenn
as Frank Johnson
Thomas Browne Henry
as Col. Tom Sturgeon
Richard Benedict
as Cpl. Mathias
James Seay
as Capt. James Barton
John Close
as Maj. Everett
Don C. Harvey
as State Police Car 254 Officer
Larry J. Blake
as Roadblock Sergeant
Eilene Janssen
as William's Date
Hyllton Socher
as Frank, grainary platoon soldier
Frank Wilcox
as Gen. Short
Douglas Evans
as Editor Norman Taggart
Paul Grant
as William Summerfield, teen boy
Richard Emory
as Lieutenant
Hank Patterson
as Dave
Steve Warren
as Observation Post #3 Soldier
Frank Connor
as Observation Post #1 Soldier
Don Eitner
as Observation Post #2 Soldier
Rayford Barnes
as Chuck, granary platoon soldier
Kirk Alyn
as Bomber Pilot
Bill Baldwin
as TV Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Chase
as Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Joe Cranston
as Soldier (uncredited)
Patricia Dean
as Red Cross Representative
James Douglas
as Army Sentry (uncredited)
Paul Frees
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Lyle Latell
as Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
as Police Dispatcher KLP646
Zon Murray
as Roadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera
Alan Reynolds
as Agricultural Agent
Ralph Sanford
as Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]
Bert Stevens
as Col. Hill [bit]
Alan Wells
as Headquarters Sergeant