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Beginning of the End
“New thrills! New shocks! New terror!”
4.0 / 10• 1957• 1h 13m•NR• English
HorrorScience Fiction
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
Peter Graves
Dr. Ed Wainwright
Lead
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
JC
John Close
Maj. Everett
What People Are Saying
2.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bert I. Gordon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Beginning of the End is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
