Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Free Movie- "BEGINNING OF THE END " (1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpWi3lkaKIY&list=PLrOMpUyH-EbL5gymCngcDxfXZe8ZduIR_&index=2 ^ | n/a | n/a

Posted on 07/21/2023 9:12:39 AM PDT by V K Lee

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: monsterscifi; movie
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-23 next last
Plot synopsis from IMDB

1 posted on 07/21/2023 9:12:39 AM PDT by V K Lee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: V K Lee

Sounds like a great movie to watch in light of Bill Gates’ mosquito experiments.


2 posted on 07/21/2023 9:14:54 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V K Lee

It used to be on frequently in LA back in the 50s and 60s. I’ve probably seen it a dozen times. Great entertaining schlock for MST3K parties.


3 posted on 07/21/2023 9:18:36 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Seruzawa

“It used to be on frequently in LA back in the 50s and 60s. I’ve probably seen it a dozen times.”

Yup; I saw it several times on TV back in those days. One of the local channels had a program called “Million Dollar Movie” — the theme music being Tiomkin’s theme from “High and the Mighty” — which would run the same movie for a week, always at the same time (I think it was 5:00 pm local time). And “The Beginning of the end” was one of the films shown. I remember at the time thinking, “I didn’t know Illinois looked just like California;” a snide comment about the fact the movie was filmed in Southern California.


4 posted on 07/21/2023 9:32:44 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: ought-six

**I remember at the time thinking, “I didn’t know Illinois looked just like California;” a snide comment about the fact the movie was filmed in Southern California**

LOL! I watched the first 5 minutes. At least they should have found a flat area of farmland north of Bakersfield. East central Illinois is FLAT.


5 posted on 07/21/2023 9:40:20 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: V K Lee

I’ve seen it twice over the years. Not worth a third go.


6 posted on 07/21/2023 9:59:22 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V K Lee

This one too.

L


7 posted on 07/21/2023 10:00:16 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V K Lee
...she endeavors to save Chicago despite a military cover-up.

Big mistake. She should have let the grasshoppers eat Chicago.

8 posted on 07/21/2023 10:24:37 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, LGBTQs, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ought-six

A great deal of the US looked like Southern California in the vintage Untouchables.


9 posted on 07/21/2023 10:54:50 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: ought-six

I remember Million Dollar Movie. They showed the same movie every evening for a week. When they ran “Godzilla” I watched it 3 nights in a row. Lol.


10 posted on 07/21/2023 10:59:36 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: wally_bert

SoCal is everywhere! Even Guam looks like SoCal in Windtalkers.


11 posted on 07/21/2023 11:03:42 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: V K Lee

Peter Graves was in this movie? Surely you can’t be serious.


12 posted on 07/21/2023 11:09:41 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ought-six

‘the theme music being Tiomkin’s theme from “High and the Mighty”

I thought I remembered Million dollar Movie’s music theme was from Gone With the Wind...


13 posted on 07/21/2023 11:13:20 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: V K Lee

Kind of far fetched that something could leak from a secret government lab..here or in another country... and even more unbelievable that our trusted democrat government scientist would cover it up.


14 posted on 07/21/2023 11:18:22 AM PDT by Leep (What skill or service did the biden family have that netted them tens of millions of dollars?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MD Expat in PA

‘Surely you can’t be serious.’

next we should see Zero Hour...

‘we need to find someone who can fly this plane-—and didn’t have fish for dinner...


15 posted on 07/21/2023 11:36:35 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: V K Lee

Saw this movie as an 8 year old with my folks at a drive in. It was cool then.


16 posted on 07/21/2023 12:01:58 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MD Expat in PA

He also went to the U of M.

https://youtu.be/tx7A6eQqBc8


17 posted on 07/21/2023 12:09:10 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: IrishBrigade
next we should see Zero Hour...

"Side-by-side" comparison: Zero Hour! (1957) Vs Airplane! (1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-v2BHNBVCs

18 posted on 07/21/2023 12:23:52 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: V K Lee

Enormous grasshoppers and the military covers it up....
The corrupt media would deny deny deny even as people see the enormous grasshoppers hopping on by and munching on people.


19 posted on 07/21/2023 4:56:49 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Seruzawa

Yes!


20 posted on 07/21/2023 6:35:52 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-23 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson