Beginning of the End
Enterprising journalist Audrey Ames (Peggie Castle) is determined to get the scoop on enormous grasshoppers that were accidentally created at the Illinois State experimental farm, and she endeavors to save Chicago despite a military cover-up.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Released
- 1957
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1957
Storyline
Enterprising journalist Audrey Ames (Peggie Castle) is determined to get the scoop on enormous grasshoppers that were accidentally created at the Illinois State experimental farm, and she endeavors to save Chicago despite a military cover-up.
Top credits
Peter Graves ā Dr. Ed Wainwright
Peggie Castle ā Audrey Aimes
Morris Ankrum ā Gen. John Hanson- Than Wyenn ā Frank Johnson
Did you know
ā¢ The phone in Audrey's car is a precursor to modern cell phones. It worked off of the Mobile Telephone Service, a VHF service with very limited availability. The user would be connected to an operator, who would then route the call to a second operator that could then route the call to the intended recipient.
ā¢ Footage of tornado destruction was used as the "aftermath" of the grasshopper attack on Ludlow, Illinois.
ā¢ The sound that Common True Katydids make is used for the giant grasshoppers.
User reviews
Buggy
"My curiosity supplied the nose for news and the camera supplied the memory"
Good, Cheap Fun
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
