Them! overview

Them!

Synopsis:

A little girl is found wandering in the desert, in a state of complete shock. When she finally revives, she can scream out only one word: "Them!" Any aficionado of 1950s horror films can readily tell you that "Them" are giant ants, a byproduct of the radiation attending the atomic bomb tests of the era. Extremely well organized, these deadly eight-to-twenty-foot mutations converge on the storm drains of Los Angeles in the finale. Forming a united front against the oncoming ant battalions are New Mexico police sergeant James Whitmore, FBI representative James Arness, and father-and-daughter entomologists Edmund Gwenn and Joan Weldon. Since the details of Them are fairly common knowledge today, the mystery-thriller structure of the film's first half tends to drag a bit.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Gordon M. Douglas
  • Studio: Warner Brothers
  • Year: 1954
  • Run Time: 93 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Science Fiction, Horror
  • Filmed in: B&W