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.

Beginning of the End is a 1957 horror sci-fi movie directed by Bert I. Gordon, starring Morris Ankrum, Peggie Castle, Peter Graves. It holds an IMDb rating of 4.1/10 from 3,071 votes and runs 1h 16m.