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Beginning of the End

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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Beginning of the End

June 28, 1957
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Cast (35)

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
Hyllton Socher
Frank, grainary platoon soldier
Frank Wilcox
Gen. Short
Douglas Evans
Editor Norman Taggart
Paul Grant
William Summerfield, teen boy
Richard Emory
Lieutenant
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

Crew (22)

Directing

Bert I. Gordon
Director
Melville Shyer
Assistant Director
Wilson Shyer
Second Assistant Director

Writing

Fred Freiberger
Screenplay
Lester Gorn
Screenplay

Production

Bert I. Gordon
Producer

Sound

Douglas Stewart
Sound Effects
Albert Glasser
Original Music Composer
Albert Glasser
Music Director
Richard E. Tyler
Sound Mixer
Morris J. McNaughton
Music Editor
George J. Eppich
Sound Effects

Art

George Milo
Set Decoration
Walter E. Keller
Art Direction
James Harris
Property Master

Camera

Nels Mathias
Key Grip
Jack A. Marta
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Steve Drumm
Makeup Artist

Crew

Bert I. Gordon
Special Effects
Flora M. Gordon
Special Effects Assistant

Editing

Aaron Stell
Editor

Lighting

Austin Herrick
Electrician

Visual Effects

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