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Them!
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Them! is a 1954 black-and-white science fiction giant monster film starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. Produced by David Weisbart, the film was directed by Gordon Douglas, based on an original story by George Worthing Yates that was developed into a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman, with adaptation by Russell Hughes.
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Them! is a 1954 American black-and-white film directed by Gordon Douglas and produced by David Weisbart. The movie features cast members James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. Sidney Hickox served as the director of photography, while Bronisław Kaper composed the score. The production company was Warner Bros. Entertainment, which also distributed the film alongside Netflix.
The narrative is set in Los Angeles and New Mexico, specifically within a desert environment. The main subject involves insects, with keywords including army, monster, atomic bomb, mutation, and radiation. The film falls under the genres of horror, science fiction, and action. It has a runtime of 94 minutes and was originally released in English.
Review scores for the film include 93% and 7.6 out of 10 on one platform, and a 7.2 rating on IMDb. The title is named after the pronoun "they" and the family Formicidae. Distribution formats include video on demand, with providers such as IndieFlix and the IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel.
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6.8As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.
Cast
- James Whitmore as Sgt. Ben Peterson
- James Arness as FBI Agent Robert Graham
- Joan Weldon as Dr. Pat Medford
- Edmund Gwenn as Dr. Harold Medford
- Onslow Stevens as Brig. Gen. Robert O'Brien
- Sean McClory as Maj. Kibbee
Themes
- army
- monster
- atomic bomb
- mutation
- radiation
- fbi
- new mexico
- giant monster
- ant
- martial law
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- George Worthing Yates
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- James WhitmoreEdmund GwennJoan WeldonJames Arness
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- Bronislau Kaper
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- 94 minutes
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- $2.2 million (rentals)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- they
- Genre
- B movie
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- insect
- Director
- Gordon Douglas
- Cast member
- Willis Bouchey
- Composer
- Bronisław Kaper
- Producer
- David Weisbart
- Cinematographer
- Sidney Hickox
- Narrative location
- New Mexico
- Filming location
- New Mexico
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 314396
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1960-09-15
- title
- Them!
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Them! (1954 film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 7.6/10
- public domain date
- 2049-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Cast notes
- Production
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Awards
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Them! is a 1954 black-and-white science fiction giant monster film starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. Produced by David Weisbart, the film was directed by Gordon Douglas, based on an original story by George Worthing Yates that was developed into a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman, with adaptation by Russell Hughes.
The film is one of the first of the 1950s "nuclear monster" movies, and the first with big bugs as the threat. A nest of gigantic irradiated ants is discovered in the New Mexico desert, and they quickly become a national threat when it is found that two young queens and their consorts have escaped to establish new colonies. The national search that follows culminates in a battle with the last surviving colony in the concrete spillways and storm drain system of Los Angeles.
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