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Beginning of the End
Year:
Duration:
76 min
Genres:
Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
3.4
Director:
Bert I. Gordon
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1957-06-28
Filming Locations: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Peggie Castle
Audrey Aimes
Morris Ankrum
Gen. John Hanson
Than Wyenn
Frank Johnson
Thomas Browne Henry
Col. Tom Sturgeon (as Thomas B. Henry)
Richard Benedict
Cpl. Mathias
James Seay
Capt. James Barton
John Close
Maj. Everett
Don C. Harvey
Guard at Lab
Larry J. Blake
Illinois Highway Patrolman
Eilene Janssen
Girl Teenager in Car
Hylton Socher
Frank - Soldier
Frank Wilcox
Gen. John T. Short
Douglas Evans
Norman Taggart - News Editor
Paul Grant
Male Teenager in Car
Richard Emory
Lieutenant
Hank Patterson
Dave
Steve Warren
Soldier at Observation Post #3
Frank Connor
Soldier at Observation Post #1
Don Eitner
Soldier at Observation Post #2
Rayford Barnes
Chuck - National Guard Corporal
Kirk Alyn
B-52 Pilot (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
TV Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Chase
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Patricia Dean
Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
James Douglas
Army Sentry (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Helicopter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Police Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Zon Murray
National Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
Alan Reynolds
Insecticide Man (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
Extra beside Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Col. Hill (uncredited)
Alan Wells
Headquarters Sergeant (uncredited)
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Trivia
The National Guardsmen wear the insignia of the U.S. 33rd Infantry Division, which is indeed the designated unit of the Illinois National Guard. The soldiers in Chicago wear the insignia of the U.S. Fifth Army, which at the time was headquartered in Chicago, where the film takes place.
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There really is a town called Ludlow, in the right area in Champaign County, IL, and the town Paxton is just north of it in Ford County. They are also near Chanute AFB, where reporter Audrey Aimes (Peggie Castle) was headed at the beginning of the film.
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200 grasshoppers were used for the film. During the filming, they began to cannibalize one another, so by the time the last shots were done, only a dozen were left.
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Goofs
After the grasshoppers all "drown", the boat returns to shore, but no grasshopper bodies are seen in the water.
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In one of the pan scenes showing Chicago is deserted...in one of the windows you can see moving traffic.
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There are no mountains in central Illinois.
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Quotes
Dr. Ed Wainwright: You can't drop an atom bomb on Chicago!
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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.
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Col. Tom Sturgeon: Where do I get off asking the Regular Army for help with a bunch of oversize grasshoppers?
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Photos from cast
Peter Graves
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