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Them! is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Gordon Douglas released in USA on 19 june 1954 with James Whitmore

Them! (1954)

Them!
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Released in USA 19 june 1954
Length 1h34
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Science fiction,    Horror
Rating71% 3.5963753.5963753.5963753.5963753.596375

Them! is a 1954 American black-and-white science fiction film from Warner Bros. Pictures produced by David Weisbart, directed by Gordon Douglas, and starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. The film is based on an original story treatment by George Worthing Yates, which was then developed into a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman and Russell Hughes.

Them! is one of the first of the 1950s "nuclear monster" movies, and the first "big bug" feature. A nest of gigantic irradiated ants is discovered in the New Mexico desert; they quickly become a national threat when it is discovered a young queen ant and her consorts have escaped to establish a new nest. The national search that follows finally culminates in a battle with Them in the concrete spillways and sewers of Los Angeles.

Synopsis

New Mexico State Police troopers Ben Peterson (James Whitmore) and Ed Blackburn (Chris Drake) discover a little girl in shock, wandering the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico. They retrace her steps to a mobile home owned by an FBI agent named Ellinson, who was on vacation in the area with his family. The side of the trailer was ripped open from the outside, the rest of the family is missing and no money was taken. A single unidentifiable animal track seems to be the only clue. Then a strange, pulsating high-pitched noise echos out of the desert on the wind. The little girl briefly reacts in fear when she hears the sound, but this is not noticed by those around her.

Actors

James Whitmore

(Sgt. Ben Peterson)Edmund Gwenn

(Dr. Harold Medford)Joan Weldon

(Dr. Pat Medford)James Arness

(FBI Agent Robert Graham)William Schallert

(Ambulance Attendant)
And :
Fess Parker
Sean McClory
Onslow Stevens
Harry Wilson
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