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