THEM! (1954). While investigating a series of mysterious deaths, Sergeant Ben Peterson (James Whitmore) finds a young girl (Sandy Descher) who is unable to speak. As Peterson joins forces with FBI agent Robert Graham (James Arness) and scientist Dr. Harold Medford (Edmund Gwenn), he discovers that all the incidents are due to giant ants.<br /><br />Fess Parker won his role of “Davy Crockett” when Walt Disney saw him in THEM! This is his only scene. A thinly veiled reference to Kenneth Arnold's 1947 sighting of "saucers skipping over the water". From Arnold's report the press coined the term "flying saucers."<br /><br />It was this role that got James Arness the role of Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke” when the TV producers spotted him.<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUn0KnauYs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUn0KnauYs</a>