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?

• Bert I. GordonDirector
• Fred FreibergerScreenplay
• Lester GornScreenplay
• Albert GlasserOriginal Music Composer

• Peter GravesDr. Ed Wainwright
• Peggie CastleAudrey Aimes
• Morris AnkrumGen. John Hanson
• Than WyennFrank Johnson
• Thomas Browne HenryCol. Tom Sturgeon
• Richard BenedictCpl. Mathias
• James SeayCapt. James Barton
• John CloseMaj. Everett
• Don C. HarveyState Police Car 254 Officer
• Larry J. BlakeRoadblock Sergeant
• Eilene JanssenWilliam's Date
• Hylton SocherFrank, grainary platoon soldier