The Mole People is a 1956 American science fiction adventure horror film distributed by Universal International, which was produced by William Alland, directed by Virgil W. Vogel, and stars John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, and Cynthia Patrick.

A narration by Dr. Frank Baxter, an English professor at the University of Southern California, explains the premise of the film and its basis in reality.

Archaeologists Dr. Roger Bentley and Dr. Jud Bellamin find a race of Sumerian albinos living deep under the Earth.

Critic Glenn Erickson wrote in DVD Talk that Vogel "directs as well as could be expected under the circumstances," that "there aren't too many unintentional laughs and we get enough key monster action to make kids happy," and that the film "is a mole-hill attempt at a Lost Civilization epic, but its engaged performances (minus the low-energy Hugh Beaumont, perhaps) and interesting story twists make up for some slow sequences.

"[4] A review in TV Guide reported that "scientific hullabaloo surrounds this terrible tale of a team of explorers," and that it includes "a hysterical (however unintentionally so) prologue from a University of Southern California professor (Baxter).

Shout Factory's 2019 Blu-ray release includes an audio commentary by Tom Weaver, David Schecter and Jan Alan Henderson, plus other extras.

The characters respond to the abrupt and unsatisfying ending by bitterly declaring "And no one trusted a John Agar movie again.

"; the ending was changed from a typical happily-ever-after scenario because members of the studio felt that Bentley's romance with Adad would promote interracial relationships.

Dr. Bentley states, erroneously, that the Biblical flood is an established archaeological fact, and the stranding of the Sumerians atop the mountain is a reference to the tale of Noah's Ark.