Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End

1.9

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

Peter Graves

Dr. Ed Wainwright

Peggie Castle

Morris Ankrum

Gen. John Hanson

Than Wyenn

Thomas Browne Henry

Thomas Browne Henry

Col. Tom Sturgeon

Richard Benedict

Richard Benedict

James Seay

Capt. James Barton

Don C. Harvey

State Police Car 254 Officer

Larry J. Blake

Roadblock Sergeant

Eilene Janssen

Frank, grainary platoon soldier

Frank Wilcox

Editor Norman Taggart

William Summerfield, teen boy

Hank Patterson

Observation Post #3 Soldier

Observation Post #1 Soldier

Observation Post #2 Soldier

Rayford Barnes

Chuck, granary platoon soldier

Kirk Alyn

Bill Baldwin

TV Announcer (uncredited)

Frank Chase

Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Soldier (uncredited)

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

Agricultural Agent

Ralph Sanford

Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]

Bert Stevens

Col. Hill [bit]

Headquarters Sergeant