Beginning of the End (film)

thumb Beginning of the End is a 1957 film about mutated grasshoppers that attack Chicago. ''Directed by Bert I. Gordon. Written by Fred Freiberger. New thrills! New shocks! New terror!  (taglines) Dr. Ed Wainwright You can't drop an atom bomb on Chicago! Other Col. Tom Sturgeon: Where do I get off asking the Regular Army for help with a bunch of oversize grasshoppers? Gen. John T. Short: Dr. Wainright, you're a scientist, you know what grasshoppers can do. I'm a soldier, I know what guns can do. Taglines New thrills! New shocks! New terror! Filmed in New Horrorscope! So Big...we had to coin a new word for it...NEWMENDOUS! The screen's first full-length science-fiction thriller with real live creatures! About When we needed grasshoppers, I didn’t want to use the ones we had in California. At that time there had been almost a plague of locusts in Texas and I saw them in the paper. They were perfect….just the kind I wanted. I thought I would contact an entomologist there and have him ship me a bunch. But the state of California said no, you can’t bring them into the state. They were afraid they would mate and create another plague. Bert I. Gordon, Interview with Bert I. Gordon (March 17, 2011) Cast Peter Graves — Dr. Ed Wainwright Peggie Castle — Audrey Aimes Morris Ankrum — Gen. John Hanson Than Wyenn — Frank Johnson External links 0050177 Beginning of the End Category:American monster movies Category:Natural horror films Category:Films about mad scientists Category:Films directed by Bert I. Gordon Category:1957 horror films Category:1957 American films Category:1957 English-language films Category:American science fiction horror films Category:English-language science fiction horror films Category:Films about insects Category:Films about size change Category:Films set in Chicago