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Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End

3.8/10 TMDB1957Horror73 minutes

New thrills! New shocks! New terror!

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?

PE
Peter Graves
Dr. Ed Wainwright
DE
Dennis Moore
Police Dispatcher KLP646
FR
Frank Wilcox
Gen. Short
BI
Bill Baldwin
TV Announcer (uncredited)
PE
Peggie Castle
Audrey Aimes
HA
Hank Patterson
Dave
TH
Than Wyenn
Frank Johnson
MO
Morris Ankrum
Gen. John Hanson
BE
Bert Stevens
Col. Hill [bit]
PA
Paul Frees
Helicopter Pilot (voice)
RA
Rayford Barnes
Chuck, granary platoon soldier
LY
Lyle Latell
Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)

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Beginning of the End movie trailer

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HorrorScience Fiction
73 minutes
English
United States of America
June 28, 1957

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3.8/10
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