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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   5,485 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ted Sherdeman (screenplay)
Russell S. Hughes (adaptation)
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Release Date:
19 June 1954 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The Amazing New Warner Bros. Sensation! more
Plot:
The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
User Reviews:
I`d Forgotten How Good This Was more (164 total)

Cast

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James Whitmore ... Police Sgt. Ben Peterson
Edmund Gwenn ... Dr. Harold Medford
Joan Weldon ... Dr. Patricia 'Pat' 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 (as Mary Ann Hokanson)
Don Shelton ... Trooper Capt. Fred Edwards
Fess Parker ... Alan Crotty
Olin Howland ... Jensen (as Olin Howlin)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marshall Bradford ... Psychiatrist (scenes deleted)

Richard Bellis ... Mike Lodge (uncredited)
John Beradino ... Patrolman Ryan (uncredited)
Robert Berger ... Patrolman Sutton (uncredited)
Oscar Blanke ... Alcoholic Ward Patient (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey ... Official at D.C. Meeting (uncredited)
Richard Boyer ... Trooper #1 (uncredited)
Waldron Boyle ... Doctor (uncredited)
Alexander Campbell ... Official (uncredited)
James Cardwell ... Officer (uncredited)

Roydon Clark ... Jeep Driver (uncredited)
John Close ... Johnny, Police Aircraft Pilot (uncredited)
Booth Colman ... Reporter (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Washington Official (uncredited)
Robert Scott Correll ... Jerry Lodge (uncredited)
Walter Coy ... Reporter (uncredited)
Dean Cromer ... MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Richard Deacon ... Bald reporter, Los Angeles news conference (uncredited)
Eddie Dew ... Officer (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin ... Los Angeles City Engineer (uncredited)
Ann Doran ... Child Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Wally Duffy ... Airman (uncredited)
Cliff Ferre ... Cliff, Police Lab Man (uncredited)
Norman Field ... Gen. James (uncredited)
Joseph Forte ... Coroner Putnam (uncredited)
Dean Fredericks ... Det. Curtis (uncredited)
Russell Gaige ... Coroner (uncredited)
Otis Garth ... Admiral at Second Conference (uncredited)
Dorothy Green ... Matron (uncredited)
Mary Lou Holloway ... Blonde (uncredited)
Gayle Kellogg ... Gunner (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Trooper #2 (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns ... Jeep Driver (uncredited)
Warren Mace ... Radio Operator (uncredited)
Chad Mallory ... Loader (uncredited)
John Maxwell ... Dr. Grant (uncredited)
Matthew McCue ... Gramps Johnson, Storekeeper (uncredited)
Charles Meredith ... Washington Official (uncredited)
Forbes Murray ... Government Official (uncredited)

Leonard Nimoy ... Air Force Sergeant (uncredited)
Jack Perrin ... Army Officer (uncredited)
Charles Perry ... Soldier (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes ... Alcoholic Ward Doctor (uncredited)
William Schallert ... Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Fred Shellac ... Attendant (uncredited)
Joel Smith ... Smitty, Ben's Jeep Driver (uncredited)
K.L. Smith ... Trooper (uncredited)
Janet Stewart ... WAVE (uncredited)
Victor Sutherland ... Senator at D.C. Meeting (uncredited)
Dub Taylor ... Railroad Yard Watchman (uncredited)
Harry Tyler ... Harry, Alcoholic Ward Patient (uncredited)
Dick Wessel ... Railroad Detective (uncredited)
Harry Wilson ... Alcoholic Ward Patient (uncredited)
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Directed by
Gordon Douglas 
 
Writing credits
Ted Sherdeman (screenplay)

Russell S. Hughes (adaptation) (as Russell Hughes)

George Worthing Yates (story)

Produced by
David Weisbart .... producer
 
Original Music by
Bronislau Kaper 
 
Cinematography by
Sidney Hickox  (as Sid Hickox)
 
Film Editing by
Thomas Reilly 
 
Art Direction by
Stanley Fleischer 
 
Set Decoration by
G.W. Berntsen 
 
Makeup Department
Gordon Bau .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Russell Saunders .... assistant director (as Russ Saunders)
 
Sound Department
Francis J. Scheid .... sound
 
Stunts
Roydon Clark .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Moss Mabry .... wardrobe
 
Music Department
Robert Franklyn .... orchestrator
Ray Heindorf .... musical director
 
Other crew
Liz Patten .... double: Sandy Descher (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Them (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
94 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Norway:16 (1954) | West Germany:16 (nf) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 (1969) | UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #16752, General Audience)

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Trivia:
This was Warner Bros.' highest grossing film of 1954. more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: Shadow of microphone can momentarily be seen on the wall of the room where Dr. Harold Medford asks to see the little girl. more
Quotes:
Dr. Harold Medford: [addressing a group of government officials] That, gentlemen, is why you are here - to consider this problem and, I hope, solve it. Because unless you solve it, unless these queens are located and destroyed before they've established thriving colonies and can produce, heaven alone knows, how many more queen ants, man, as the dominant species of life on earth, will probably be extinct within...
[looking at another scientist]
Dr. Harold Medford: a year, Doc?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Perfect Scary Movie (2005) (TV) more

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14 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
I`d Forgotten How Good This Was, 13 January 2003
8/10
Author: Theo Robertson from Isle Of Bute, Scotland

I watched THEM last week after an absence of nearly 15 years and was expecting to see another corny SF bug movie , but I was surprised as to how much I enjoyed it . Okay the science involved is absolute rubbish but it is a very enjoyable film with some really good moments like the lone cop investigating the eldritch sound of the ants , the attack on the ship , and the final battle underneath the city . Gordon Douglas uses an almost documentary type of filming that suspends disbelief . THEM is rightly regarded as one of the best films of the golden age of SF

I enjoyed watching this for the first time when I was about 8 years old , but it does have a personal relevence to me: It was the very first film I taped off the television when I got my own video recorder way back in 1988

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