Them! (1954)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Escritores:

Ted Sherdeman (screenplay)
Russell S. Hughes (adaptation)
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Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 junio 1954 (USA)

Género:

Ciencia-Ficción | Horror

Frase comercial:

The Amazing New Warner Bros. Sensation!

Plot:

The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.

Plot Keywords:

Ant | Desert | New Mexico | Police | Trailer

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

THE ORIGINAL, THE BEST!!!

Reparto

James Whitmore	...	Police Sgt. Ben Peterson
Edmund Gwenn	...	Dr. Harold Medford
Joan Weldon	...	Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford
James Arness	...	Robert Graham
Onslow Stevens	...	Brig. Gen. Robert O'Brien
Sean McClory	...	Maj. Kibbee
Chris Drake	...	Trooper Ed Blackburn
Sandy Descher	...	The Ellinson Girl
Mary Alan Hokanson	...	Mrs. Lodge (as Mary Ann Hokanson)
Don Shelton	...	Trooper Capt. Fred Edwards
Fess Parker	...	Alan Crotty
Olin Howland	...	Jensen (as Olin Howlin)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Marshall Bradford	...	Psychiatrist (scenes deleted)
Richard Bellis	...	Mike Lodge (uncredited)
John Beradino	...	Patrolman Ryan (uncredited)
Robert Berger	...	Patrolman Sutton (uncredited)
Oscar Blanke	...	Alcoholic Ward Patient (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey	...	Official at D.C. Meeting (uncredited)
Richard Boyer	...	Trooper #1 (uncredited)
Waldron Boyle	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Alexander Campbell	...	Official (uncredited)
James Cardwell	...	Officer (uncredited)
Royden E. Clark	...	Jeep Driver (uncredited)
John Close	...	Johnny, Police Aircraft Pilot (uncredited)
Booth Colman	...	Reporter (uncredited)
James Conaty	...	Washington Official (uncredited)
Robert Scott Correll	...	Jerry Lodge (uncredited)
Walter Coy	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Dean Cromer	...	MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Richard Deacon	...	Bald reporter, Los Angeles news conference (uncredited)
Eddie Dew	...	Officer (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin	...	Los Angeles City Engineer (uncredited)
Ann Doran	...	Child Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Wally Duffy	...	Airman (uncredited)
Cliff Ferre	...	Cliff, Police Lab Man (uncredited)
Norman Field	...	Gen. James (uncredited)
Joseph Forte	...	Coroner Putnam (uncredited)
Dean Fredericks	...	Det. Curtis (uncredited)
Russell Gaige	...	Coroner (uncredited)
Otis Garth	...	Admiral at Second Conference (uncredited)
Dorothy Green	...	Matron (uncredited)
Mary Lou Holloway	...	Blonde (uncredited)
Gayle Kellogg	...	Gunner (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp	...	Trooper #2 (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns	...	Jeep Driver (uncredited)
Warren Mace	...	Radio Operator (uncredited)
Chad Mallory	...	Loader (uncredited)
John Maxwell	...	Dr. Grant (uncredited)
Matthew McCue	...	Gramps Johnson, Storekeeper (uncredited)
Charles Meredith	...	Washington Official (uncredited)
Forbes Murray	...	Government Official (uncredited)
Leonard Nimoy	...	Air Force Sergeant (uncredited)
Jack Perrin	...	Army Officer (uncredited)
Charles Perry	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes	...	Alcoholic Ward Doctor (uncredited)
William Schallert	...	Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Fred Shellac	...	Attendant (uncredited)
Joel Smith	...	Smitty, Ben's Jeep Driver (uncredited)
K.L. Smith	...	Trooper (uncredited)
Janet Stewart	...	WAVE (uncredited)
Victor Sutherland	...	Senator at D.C. Meeting (uncredited)
Dub Taylor	...	Railroad Yard Watchman (uncredited)
Harry Tyler	...	Harry, Alcoholic Ward Patient (uncredited)
Dick Wessel	...	Railroad Detective (uncredited)
Harry Wilson	...	Alcoholic Ward Patient (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Gordon Douglas

Créditos del guión
Ted Sherdeman		(screenplay)
Russell S. Hughes		(adaptation) (as Russell Hughes)
George Worthing Yates		(story)

Producida por
David Weisbart	....	producer

Música original por
Bronislau Kaper

Fotografía por
Sidney Hickox		(director of photography) (as Sid Hickox)

Montaje por
Thomas Reilly

Dirección artística
Stanley Fleischer

Decorados
G.W. Berntsen

Departamento de maquillaje
Gordon Bau	....	makeup artist

Ayudante de dirección
Russell Saunders	....	assistant director (as Russ Saunders)

Departamento de sonido
Francis J. Scheid	....	sound

Especialistas
Roydon Clark	....	stunts (uncredited)

Departamento de vestuario
Moss Mabry	....	wardrobe

Departamento de Música
Robert Franklyn	....	orchestrator
Ray Heindorf	....	musical director

Otros miembros del equipo
Liz Patten	....	double: Sandy Descher (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distribuidores

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1954) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1960) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Cinema Classics (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (19??) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

También conocida como:

Them (USA) (poster title)
El mundo en peligro (Mexico) [es]
La humanidad en peligro (Spain) [es]

Duración:

94 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.75 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Norway:16 (1954) | West Germany:16 (nf) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 (1969) | UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #16752, General Audience)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Blaney Ranch - 160th & Q Streets, Palmdale, California, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

When this movie was first released in Sweden, it was strangely named "Spindlarna" (which translates as 'The Spiders')

Errores:

Errores Reales: In the memo announcing the arrival of Doctors Medford, it states that they will be arriving aboard an Army plane. They arrive aboard a solid-nose, transport variant of the Mitchell B-25J which went into service in January 1944 with the US Army Air Forces. However, in 1947 (seven years prior to the making of Them!) Congress disestablished the USAAF and created the US Air Force. In fact, when the plane lands in the movie, you can read USAF on the underside of the wing, thus it was not an Army aircraft.

Citas:

Jensen: Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze! Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) (V)

THE ORIGINAL, THE BEST!!!

"Them" is simply one of the most influential films of all time. This was the first film to deal with our fears of the atomic age and the what if scenario of what our continued testing and use of nuclear arms and how they would affect mother nature. Within the next few years we were bombarded with giant locusts, lizards and mutated humans of all sorts. In fact, this film was the inspiration for "Godzlla" (or "Gojira" as he is known in Japan). In fact, the giant insects in "Rodan" were a directly inspired by "Them". This film also works as a murder mystery as well. In the first half hour, the viewer thinks that he is looking at a whodunnit until the appearance of the giant ants. This film works on so many different levels that it still holds up well nearly fifty years after it was first released.