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?
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A curious reporter (Peggie Castle) discovers that the complete destruction of a small town was caused by giant locusts that were accidentally enlarged by a scientist (Peter Graves) experimenting with radioactivity to increase plant growth. They must be stopped before they overrun Chicago. Peter Graves as Dr. Ed Wainwright Peggie Castle as Audrey Aimes Morris Ankrum as Gen. John Hanson Than Wyenn as Frank Johnson Thomas Browne Henry as Col. Tom Sturgeon Richard Benedict as Cpl. Mathias James Seay as Capt. James Barton John Close as Maj. Everett I colorized this using AI software that doesn't always get the colors right, but I think it looks fairly natural. Hopefully a more professional job will be done someday.
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- Director
- Bert I. Gordon
- Starring
- Peter Graves, Peggie Castle, Morris Ankrum, Than Wyenn, Thomas Browne Henry, Richard Benedict, James Seay, John Close
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