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Titolo originale: Them!

1954
T
1h 34min

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I primi test atomici nel New Mexico causano la trasformazione delle formiche comuni in mostri giganti che minacciano la civiltà.I primi test atomici nel New Mexico causano la trasformazione delle formiche comuni in mostri giganti che minacciano la civiltà.I primi test atomici nel New Mexico causano la trasformazione delle formiche comuni in mostri giganti che minacciano la civiltà.

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Candidato a 1 Oscar
- 1 vittoria e 3 candidature totali

Mrs. Lodge
(as Mary Ann Hokanson)

Don Shelton

Trooper Capt. Fred Edwards

Fess Parker

Alan Crotty

Olin Howland

Jensen
(as Olin Howlin)

Richard Bellis

Mike Lodge
(non citato nei titoli originali)

John Beradino

Patrolman Ryan
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Robert Berger

Patrolman Sutton
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Oscar Blank

Alcoholic Ward Patient
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Willis Bouchey

Official at D.C. Meeting
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Richard Boyer

Trooper #1
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Regia
- Gordon Douglas
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The flamethrowers used in the movie were standard World War II weapons and were loaned by the U.S. Army. The actors handling the weapons were World War II combat veterans, who had used them in battle.

Blooper
Sergeant Peterson and Bob Graham are seen throwing cyanide gas bombs into the ant nest without wearing gas masks, only wearing gear to protect against the heat. Cyanide gas is so deadly to humans that this simply would not have happened that way.

Citazioni
The Ellinson Girl: [screaming hysterically] AHHH! THEM! THEM! THEM!

Curiosità sui crediti
Although the movie was shot in black and white, the film title at the opening credits appears blood red and blue. This was accomplished by Warner's Eastman Color process.

Versioni alternative
A 2-3 minute segment following the projection sequence was excised from the film in the mid-1950s following a lawsuit from a real-life scientist whose name was used in the story for a fictional explanation of atomic energy effects on ants. The scene was removed from the negative and has not been restored though it has turned up in some collector's prints.

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Edited into Incontri ai confini del mondo (2007)

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Gordon Douglas' film was the epitome of the big-bug films

The marauding ants in "Naked Jungle," advancing across a desert, are matched by the monsters in "Them!" coming out through mists of the white sands of New Mexico after an atomic blast has increased them to giants

Slowly people start to go missing and the news filters though to the nearest towns that the arid plateau can present a real threat as strange creepy whistles are coming out from that deep desert

Rather than an atomic movie, the film is about the struggle between humans and species revolt which invade their cities and show their remarkable energy, tenacity and vulnerability

Just as the Gill Man can only be driven back when he has isolated far from his natural element, the monster ants are all powerful in their own territory and none too easy to destroy outside it

"Them!" is well acted, frightening, and engaging from start to finish The cast is pretty damn good, especially James Whitmore as the pretty intelligent cop who found a five year old girl, aimlessly walking through the terrain of the desert miles from her family's wrecked travel trailerunresponsive by some catastrophe...

"Them!" is a well-made monster movie, an instant classic nominated for an Oscar for its effects