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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?
Theatrical
Jun 28, 1957
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 25, 2003
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See all →The First Full-Length Sci-Fi Thriller with Creatures
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The screen's first full-length science-fiction thriller with real live creatures!
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Inventing a New Word for Size
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So Big...we had to coin a new word for it...NEWMENDOUS!
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Cast
Full credits →P
Peter Graves
Dr. Ed Wainwright
P
Peggie Castle
Audrey Aimes
M
Morris Ankrum
Gen. John Hanson
T
Than Wyenn
Frank Johnson
T
Thomas Browne Henry
Col. Tom Sturgeon
R
Richard Benedict
Cpl. Mathias
J
James Seay
Capt. James Barton
J
John Close
Maj. Everett
D
Don C. Harvey
State Police Car 254 Officer
L
Larry J. Blake
Roadblock Sergeant
E
Eilene Janssen
William's Date
F
Frank Wilcox
Gen. Short
D
Douglas Evans
Editor Norman Taggart
R
Richard Emory
Lieutenant
H
Hank Patterson
Dave
F
Frank Connor
Observation Post #1 Soldier
D
Don Eitner
Observation Post #2 Soldier
R
Rayford Barnes
Chuck, granary platoon soldier
K
Kirk Alyn
Bomber Pilot
B
Bill Baldwin
TV Announcer (uncredited)
