TMDb Rating
3.8/10
38 verified votes
Beginning of the End (1957)
HorrorScience Fiction
73 min
"New thrills! New shocks! New terror!"
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
HorrorScience FictionBert I. GordonPeter GravesPeggie Castle1957
Director
Bert I. Gordon
Top Cast
Peter GravesPeggie CastleMorris AnkrumThan WyennThomas Browne Henry
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