A con artist tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Joan Collins | ... | Marilyn Fryser | |
| Robert Lansing | ... | Dan Stokely | |
| John David Carson | ... | Joe Morrison | |
| Albert Salmi | ... | Sheriff Art Kincade | |
| Jacqueline Scott | ... | Margaret Ellis | |
| Pamela Susan Shoop | ... | Coreen Bradford (as Pamela Shoop) | |
| Robert Pine | ... | Larry Graham | |
| Edward Power | ... | Charlie Pearson | |
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Brooke Palance | ... | Christine Graham |
| Tom Fadden | ... | Sam Russell | |
| Irene Tedrow | ... | Velma Thompson | |
| Harry Holcombe | ... | Harry Thompson | |
| Jack Kosslyn | ... | Thomas Lawson | |
| Ilse Earl | ... | Mary Lawson | |
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Janie Gavin | ... | Ginny |
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Sleazy scam artist Joan Collins tries to sell phony real estate deals down in the Florida everglades. What she and her unsuspecting buyers don't know is the area has been taken over by giant ants! Written by Humberto Amador
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
July 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
H.G. Wells' Empire of the Ants See more »Company Credits
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Coreen Bradford: That's terrific. Fabulous. Look, I was just trying to tell you that I've changed my mind about not liking you. That's all.
Joe Morrison: Hmph. Forget it. I'm a 'bad' investment.
Coreen Bradford: And why do you say that?
Joe Morrison: Because the, um... $30,000 a year job went in the toilet last year. And the sports car needs an overhaul. And my 'wife' is...
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Director Bert I. Gordon created some of the special ant-effects by shooting magnified images of the Panamanian bullet ant. See more »Goofs
Before the Captain jumps in the ocean to try and save the boat, he takes off his shoes. After he burns the boat, he jumps in the water and you can clearly see his shoes. See more »Quotes
Joe Morrison: I've got a job that pays $30,000 a year. I've got a two-bedroom condominium, I've got a $10,000 sports car, I've got a wife, and I've got a four year-old kid - thinks I'm God. How's that?Coreen Bradford: That's terrific. Fabulous. Look, I was just trying to tell you that I've changed my mind about not liking you. That's all.
Joe Morrison: Hmph. Forget it. I'm a 'bad' investment.
Coreen Bradford: And why do you say that?
Joe Morrison: Because the, um... $30,000 a year job went in the toilet last year. And the sports car needs an overhaul. And my 'wife' is...
[...]
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The original UK cinema version was heavily cut for an 'A' (PG) certificate to reduce sounds of screaming and to heavily edit violence including attack scenes and shots of bloodied bodies. The cuts were restored for the 2002 ILC release and the certificate upgraded to a 15. See more »Contribute to This Page
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This movie is not as bad as some reviewers have made it out to be. Professional actors are paid to act and many do that by studying roles and even going so far as to participate in the role if possible. Sometimes it may take a few days, weeks or months. To criticize that effort is just not right. If one does not like a movie because of its genre then so state it.
Empire of the ants is plausible. It takes thousands of ants to keep the hive going and feed the queen so that the drones can mate with the queen ant so she can lay her eggs producing more worker ants and drone ants. As far as growing to huge size a leap of movie faith must be made. All the rest is very plausible. Ants communicate by way of pheromones so the can recognize one another and the trail back to the nest. It's also an excepted fact that ants can carry many times their own weight. As far as spraying a mist on the other ants it is simply the pheromone which the queen ant gives off so she can control the other ants in the nest.
This movie allegorically uses the humans as ants as they provide the sugar which they need to keep the queen ant fed. The.humans return to receive the queens pheromone spray so she may keep them under control. Well our four heros discover what is going on and devise a way to destroy the ants and flee for freedom. A good movie, wheel worth the time to watch.