Landmark sci-fi classic chronicles how atomic testing in a New Mexico desert results in ordinary ants being mutated into behemoth killing machines. As the enlarged insects wreak murderous havoc across the Southwest, police sergeant Ben Peterson (James Whitmore) teams with FBI agent Robert Graham (James Arness) to stop a pair of queen ants before they can give birth to another generation of terror. With Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon. 92 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.