Them! (1954)
Them! (1954)
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Cast & Crew.
James Whitmore
Sgt. Ben Peterson
Edmund Gwenn
Dr. Harold Medford
Joan Weldon
Dr. Patricia Medford
James Arness
Robert Graham
Onslow Stevens
Brig. Gen. Robert O'Brien
Sean McClory
Maj. Kibbee
Chris Drake
Trooper Ed Blackburn
Sandy Descher
The Ellinson Girl
Mary Alan Hokanson
Mrs. Lodge
Fess Parker
Alan Crotty
Don Shelton
Trooper Capt. Fred Edwards
Gordon Douglas
Director
Olin Howland
Jensen
Ted Sherdeman
Writer
William Schallert
Ambulance Attendant
Russell S. Hughes
Writer
Ann Doran
Child Psychiatrist
Dub Taylor
Railroad Yard Watchman
George Worthing Yates
Writer
David Weisbart
Producer
Leonard Nimoy
Army Sergeant
Richard Deacon
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Bronislau Kaper
Composer
Sidney Hickox
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 16, 1954
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingNR
Budget$23,000,000
Filming LocationsNew Mexico, United States
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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. 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! 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.