Them!

Them!
Credits
Title:	Them!
Director:	Gordon Douglas
Writers:	Ted Sherdeman; Russell Hughes; George Worthing Yates
Producers:	David Weisbart
Composer:	Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography:	Sid Hickox
Editors:	Thomas Reilly
Production
Distributed by:	Warner Bros.
Released:	June 19th, 1954
Rating:	Approved
Running time:	94 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Them! is an American feature film of the science fiction genre, blending elements of the "giant monster" and "atomic horror" plot themes. It was directed by Gordon Douglas with a screenplay written by Ted Sherdeman and an adaptation outlined by Russell Hughes, based on a story concept by George Worthing Yates. The movie was produced by Warner Bros. and released theatrically in the United States on June 19th, 1954.

Cast

Actor	Role
James Whitmore	Ben Peterson
Edmund Gwenn	Harold Medford
Joan Weldon	Patricia Medford
Onslow Stevens	Robert O'Brien
Sean McClory	Major Kibbee
Chris Drake	Ed Blackburn
Sandy Descher	The Ellinson girl
Mary Ann Hokanson	Mrs. Lodge
Don Shelton	Fred Edwards
Fess Parker	Alan Crotty
Olin Howlin	Jensen

Notes & Trivia

• Copyright holder: © MCMLIV Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc..

• Them (1954) and Them! (1954) both redirect to this page.

• The tagline for this film is "A horror horde of crawl-and-crush giants clawing out of the earth from mile-deep catacombs!".

• Production on Them! began in September, 1953. Principal shooting concluded in November, 1953.

• This movie was shot in Los Angeles, California. The desert sequences were shot in Palmdale.

• There are twelve credited cast members in this film.

• Story writer Russell S. Hughes is credited as Russell Hughes in this film.

• Director of photography Sidney Hickox is credited as Sid Hickox in this film.

• Actress Mary Alan Hokanson is credited as Mary Ann Hokanson in this film.

• Actor Olin Howland is credited as Olin Howlin in this film.

• Actor Fess Parker is also known for playing Davy Crockett in Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color and Daniel Boone in the Daniel Boone television series.

• Actor Leonard Nimoy makes a small uncredited appearance in this film as an Army sergeant. Nimoy will eventually go on to bigger and better things when he takes on the role of Mister Spock in the Star Trek multimedia franchise.

• "War of the Worlds" was also the title to issue #1 of the JLA comic book series in 1997.

Recommendations

1950s Sci-Fi

20 Million Miles to Earth Amazing Colossal Man, The Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Attack of the Crab Monsters Attack of the Giant Leeches Brain from Planet Arous, The Deadly Mantis, The Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Forbidden Planet Invasion of the Body Snatchers It Came from Beneath the Sea It Came from Outer Space Monster That Challenged the World, The Not of This Earth War of the Worlds War of the Satellites

External Links

Them! at AMG Them! at TCM Them! at IMDB

Them! at Wikipedia Them! at Moviepedia Them! at Themoviedb.org