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Beginning of the End (1957) [NR]

Release Date:
June 28, 1957

Original Title:
Beginning of the End

Alternate Titles:
0 Princípio do Fim
Le Début de la fin
Pelon katu
Начало конца
世界終末の序曲

Genres:
Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
AB-PT Pictures Corp.

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 73

New thrills! New shocks! New terror!

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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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Production

Art Direction:
Walter E. Keller

Assistant Director:
Melville Shyer

Director:
Bert I. Gordon

Director of Photography:
Jack A. Marta

Editor:
Aaron Stell

Electrician:
Austin Herrick

Key Grip:
Nels Mathias

Makeup Artist:
Steve Drumm

Music Director:
Albert Glasser

Music Editor:
Morris J. McNaughton

Original Music Composer:
Albert Glasser

Producer:
Bert I. Gordon

Property Master:
James Harris

Screenplay:
Lester Gorn
Fred Freiberger

Second Assistant Director:
Wilson Shyer

Set Decoration:
George Milo

Sound Effects:
Douglas Stewart
George J. Eppich

Sound Mixer:
Richard E. Tyler

Special Effects:
Bert I. Gordon

Special Effects Assistant:
Flora M. Gordon

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