Beginning of the End

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?

Horror Science Fiction

Peter Graves

(Dr. Ed Wainwright)

Peggie Castle

Morris Ankrum

(Gen. John Hanson)

Than Wyenn

(Frank Johnson)

Thomas Browne Henry

(Col. Tom Sturgeon)

Richard Benedict

James Seay

(Capt. James Barton)

John Close

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

Douglas Evans

(Editor Norman Taggart)

Paul Grant

(William Summerfield, teen boy)

Richard Emory

Hank Patterson

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

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)