Main Cast: John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier, Nestor Paiva
Release Year: 1956
Country: US
Run Time: 78 minutes
Plot
The Mole People holds the dubious distinction of being the weakest of the Universal-International horror films. John Agar plays Dr. John Bentley, who leads a Middle Eastern expedition in search of a lost tribe of Sumerians. Bentley and his cohorts follow a tunnel deep, deep, deep below the surface of the earth, eventually coming across a tyrannical tribe of albino Sumerians, who use the semi-human Mole People as slaves. What follows is so dull and plodding that stars John Agar and Hugh Beaumont seem like Mel Gibson and Arnold Schwarzenegger in comparison. Some prints of The Mole People are minus the pre-credits "explanation" by 1950s celebrity egghead Dr. Frank Baxter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Phil Chambers - Dr. Paul Stuart; Rodd Redwing - Nazar; Robin Hughes - First Officer; Dr. Frank Baxter - Himself; John Dodsworth - Priest; Kay Kuter - Priest; James Logan - Officer; Billy Miller - Arab boy; Eddie Parker - Moleman; Patrick Whyte - Guard; Marc Hamilton - Priest
Credit
Alexander Golitzen - Art Director, Robert Emmet Smith - Art Director, Jay A. Morley, Jr. - Costume Designer, Ronnie R. Rondell - First Assistant Director, Virgil Vogel - Director, Irving Birnbaum - Editor, Hans Salter - Composer (Music Score), Herman Stein - Composer (Music Score), Joseph E. Gershenson - Musical Direction/Supervision, Bud Westmore - Makeup, Ellis W. Carter - Cinematographer, William Alland - Producer, Russell A. Gausman - Set Designer, Carl Lawrence - Set Designer, Clifford Stine - Special Effects, Leslie I. Carey - Sound/Sound Designer, Laszlo Gorog - Screenwriter
