Them!: Directed by Gordon Douglas. With James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness. The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.

Them! 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; they quickly become a national threat when it is discovered that two young queens and their consorts have escaped to establish new nests.

Jun 27, 2020 · THEM! (1954): While investigating a series of mysterious deaths, Sergeant Ben Peterson finds a young girl who is unable to speak. As Peterson joins forces with FBI agent Robert Graham and scientist Dr. Harold Medford, he discovers that all the incidents are due to giant ants that have been mutated by atomic radiation.

Jul 5, 2021 · The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. A superb cold war era bug-eyed monster movie that serves as an allegory for communist infiltration of American society. Well directed action flick marred only by barely passable and openly cheesy special effects.

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Jan 5, 2023 · Them! brought its spineless villains to life using a combination of animatronics and puppetry, courtesy of an effects artist by the name of Dick Smith. He constructed two fully functional...

(1954) -- (Movie Clip) -- The Queen's Chamber Scientist Pat (Joan Weldon) joins cop Ben (James Whitmore) and FBI man Bob (James Arness) on a foray into the giant ants' nest, armed with flame-throwers, in the original Them!, 1954.

The final battle between man and monster rages beneath the city of Los Angeles as a horde of giant ants claws their way out from mile-deep catacombs.

The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. In the New Mexico desert, Police Sgt. Ben Peterson and his partner find a child wandering in the desert and soon …