Them is a 1954 American blackandwhite science fiction monster film from Warner Bros. Pictures produced by David Weisbart, directed by Gordon Douglas, and starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. The film is based on an original story treatment by George Worthing Yates, which was then developed into a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman and Russell Hughes.
A plaster cast of the odd footprint found near the trailer is sent to Washington, D.C. Petersons boss later points out that Gramps had time to fire all his ammunition at his attacker, and Petersons missing partner was a crack shot, eliminating the possibility of a homicidal maniac. Even more puzzling is the coroners determination of Johnsons cause of death a broken neck and back, skull fracture, crushed abdomen, and enough formic acid in his body to killmen.The FBI sends Agent Robert Graham James Arness to investigate after the Bureau is unable to identify the footprint. With him he brings Drs. Harold Medford Edmund Gwenn and his daughter Pat Medford Joan Weldon, both myrmecologists from the Department of Agriculture. The elder Medford examines the footprint. He later exposes the Ellinson girl to formic acid fumes, which revives her from a catatonic state she screams, Them Them ........
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