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A child (Sandy Descher) is discovered wandering in the desert in a state of deep shock by two policemen (James Whitmore & Chris Drake). Nearby they find a wrecked trailer and a single track in the sand, then hear a chilling cry on the horizon.

Back in town, Drake hears the cry again, steps out of a building -- and is never seen again. FBI agent James Arness investigates and discovers that atomic tests in the desert have produced a giant species of ant.

Special effects man Ralph Ayers (nominated for an Oscar here) built only two principal life size animatronic ants -- one complete and the other mounted on a boom, with only head and forequarters. The production crew used this model for close-ups and a series of levers operated the ant's moving parts. Other inanimate insects were built for 'crowd scenes' and a wind machine moved they're antennae to and fro.

On the rampage the ants are eventually destroyed by poisonous gas -- except for a queen, who escapes and lays her eggs in a Los Angeles drain. This leads to a memorable climax when the eggs spawn more giant ants but these are burnt alive in the catacombs of the drains before they can do more damage.

Look fast for Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock) at a teletype machine and Fess Parker (Daniel Boone) has a memorable but small role. THEM! was the largest-grossing Warner film of 1954 and was quickly imitated by an avalanche of post-atomic monster movies.