Beginning of the End Movie Review 1957

Produced the same year as "The Deadly Mantis," Gordon's effort adds to 1957's harvest of bugs on a rampage "B"-graders. Giant, radiation-spawned grasshoppers attack Chicago causing Graves to come to the rescue. Easily the best giant grasshopper movie ever made.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 73 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Killer Bugs and Slugs

Screenplay

Lester Gorn, Fred Freiberger

Cast

Peggy Castle, Peter Graves, Morris Ankrum, Richard Benedict, James Seay, Thomas B(rowne). Henry, Larry J. Blake, John Close, Frank Wilcox

Cinematography

Jack Marta

Director

Bert I. Gordon

Music

Albert Glasser

Producer

Bert I. Gordon, Republic