Them!

Them! is a 1954 film in which the earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. Directed by Gordon Douglas. Written by George Worthing Yates. The Sci-Fi Classic of the Atomic Age  (taglines) Dr. Harold Medford None of the ants previously seen by man were more than an inch in length - most considerably under that size. But even the most minute of them have an instinct and talent for industry, social organization, and savagery that makes man look feeble by comparison. We may be witnesses to a Biblical prophecy come true - 'And there shall be destruction and darkness come upon creation, and the beasts shall reign over the Earth.' Dialogue Coroner Putnam: I finished the autopsy on Gramps Johnson. Do you want it technical or plain? Trooper Capt. Fred Edwards: Just plain, Doc. Get to the verb. Coroner Putnam: Well, Old Man Johnson could've died in any one of five ways: His neck and back were broken, his chest was crushed, his skull was fractured... and here's one for Sherlock Holmes - there was enough formic acid in him to kill twenty men. Robert Graham: Pat, if these monsters got started as a result of the first atomic bomb in 1945, what about all the others that have been exploded since then? Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford: I don't know. Dr. Harold Medford: Nobody knows, Robert. When Man entered the atomic age, he opened a door into a new world. What we'll eventually find in that new world, nobody can predict. Robert Graham: And I thought today was the end of them. Dr. Harold Medford: No. We haven't seen the end of them. We've only had a close view of the beginning of what may be the end of us. Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford: [observing the tunnel walls]'' Look! Held together with saliva! Police Sgt. Ben Peterson: Yeah! Spit's all that's holding me together right now, too. Taglines A horror horde of crawl-and-crush giants clawing out of the earth from mile-deep catacombs! Kill one and two take its place! The Amazing New Warner Bros. Sensation! Cast James Whitmore — Sgt. Ben Peterson Edmund Gwenn — Dr. Harold Medford Joan Weldon — Dr. Pat Medford James Arness — FBI Agent Robert Graham External links 0047573 Them! Category:1954 American films Category:1954 English-language films Category:Films directed by Gordon Douglas Category:Natural horror films Category:Films about ants Category:Films set in New Mexico Category:Films about size change Category:American monster movies Category:American science fiction horror films Category:Anti-communism in the United States Category:English-language science fiction horror films Category:Films set in Los Angeles Category:Films set in deserts