Colony
2026 · Action · Horror
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Film / 1957
Beginning of the End
Directed by
Bert I. Gordon
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?
The story
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?
Cast
Peter GravesDr. Ed Wainwright
Peggie CastleAudrey Aimes
Morris AnkrumGen. John Hanson
Than WyennFrank Johnson
Thomas Browne HenryCol. Tom Sturgeon
Richard BenedictCpl. Mathias
James SeayCapt. James Barton
John CloseMaj. Everett
Don C. HarveyState Police Car 254 Officer
Larry J. BlakeRoadblock Sergeant
Eilene JanssenWilliam's Date
Hylton SocherFrank, grainary platoon soldier
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Frank WilcoxGen. Short
Douglas EvansEditor Norman Taggart
Paul GrantWilliam Summerfield, teen boy
Richard EmoryLieutenant
Hank PattersonDave
Steve WarrenObservation Post #3 Soldier
Frank ConnorObservation Post #1 Soldier
Don EitnerObservation Post #2 Soldier
Rayford BarnesChuck, granary platoon soldier
Kirk AlynBomber Pilot
Bill BaldwinTV Announcer (uncredited)
Frank ChaseHelicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Joe CranstonSoldier (uncredited)
Patricia DeanRed Cross Representative
James DouglasArmy Sentry (uncredited)
Paul FreesHelicopter Pilot (voice)
Lyle LatellPolice Lt. MacKenzie (uncredited)
Dennis MoorePolice Dispatcher KLP646
Zon MurrayRoadblock Sentry Confiscating Camera
Alan ReynoldsAgricultural Agent
Ralph SanfordMan with Red Cross Representative [extra]
Bert StevensCol. Hill [bit]
Alan WellsHeadquarters Sergeant
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