Them!
1954 science fiction monster film by Gordon Douglas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Them! is a 1954 American black-and-white science fiction monster film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by David Weisbart, directed by Gordon Douglas, and starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness.[3] The film is based on an original story treatment by George Worthing Yates, which was then developed into a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman and adaptation by Russell Hughes.
Them! | |
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
Screenplay by | Ted Sherdeman Russell Hughes (adaptation) |
Story by | George Worthing Yates |
Produced by | David Weisbart |
Starring | James Whitmore Edmund Gwenn Joan Weldon James Arness |
Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
Edited by | Thomas Reilly |
Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.2 million (rentals)[2] |
Them! is one of the first of the 1950s "nuclear monster" films, and the first "big bug" feature film to use insects as the monster.
A nest of gigantic irradiated ants is discovered in the New Mexico desert; they quickly become a national threat when it is discovered that two young queen ants and their consorts have escaped to establish new nests. The national search that follows finally culminates in a battle with Them in the concrete spillways and storm drain system of Los Angeles.