Movies by John Agar

Tarantula

Tarantula

A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.

The Young and the Brave

The Young and the Brave

A drama of the Korean War. Four American Army POWs escape behind enemy lines and try to make their way back to their units in the South. Along the way they are aided by a young Korean boy and his adopted dog, a US trained German Shepherd named Lobo.

Jet Attack

Jet Attack

A Soviet nurse helps a U.S. pilot, his buddies and a scientist escape from North Korea. American International Pictures originally distributed this film as a double feature with "Suicide Battalion".

Joe Butterfly

Joe Butterfly

The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?

Curse of the Swamp Creature

Curse of the Swamp Creature

While searching for oil in the deadly swamplands of the Florida Everglades, members of a geological expedition meet an insane doctor who is working on an experiment to create a creature that is part man and part alligator.

Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust

The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.

Woman of the North Country

Woman of the North Country

In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range represents a whole new productive area but the rights to mine there are held by a young geological engineer, Kyle Ramlo. The latter reaches an impasse when he needs money to continue his experimentation with open-pit mining and goes to Miss Powell for financing. She displays great interest in both his inventive mining method and in him personally but secretly plots...

The Lonesome Trail

The Lonesome Trail

Back from the Indian wars, a cowboy wages a single-handed war against a land baron and his henchmen. After his shooting hand is disabled, he masters the bow and arrow to take on the gang one arrow at a time!

Hell Raiders

Hell Raiders

In Italy during World War II, an American headquarters is evacuated when German forces break through the front lines. A demolition squad is sent back to the abandoned headquarters to destroy valuable records that were left behind before they fall into German hands.

Ride a Violent Mile

Ride a Violent Mile

A cowboy stampedes a Rebel plot with a Union spy posing as a dance-hall girl.

Man of Conflict

Man of Conflict

Young man comes home to get ready to take over the family company, only to find that his father has been corrupted by power. In addition, he falls for the daughter of one of his father's poverty-stricken workers.

Raymie

Raymie

Raymie, an eight-year-old boy and an avid fisherman, dreams of catching a legendary giant barracuda known as Old Moe.

Flesh and the Spur

Flesh and the Spur

A young man searches for his brother's killer with the help of a gunfighter, a native woman and a traveling medicine man.

Frontier Gun

Frontier Gun

Small-town sheriff discovers that gun-fighting is the only way to clean up the town.

Fall Girl

Fall Girl

A newspaperman covering the story of a "Eurasian beauty" visiting the US as a publicity stunt falls for her.

Monster Invaders from Space

Monster Invaders from Space

Monsters from space attack earth, two scientists and a couple of teenagers try to stop the extraterrestrial invaders.

Bielefeld Lichtwerk

Bielefeld Lichtwerk

A found footage experiment made using an excerpt from the film Taranula! (1955)