Superman

Superman (1978)

Released: 1978-12-14 Duration: 2hr 23min
Rating 7.1
You'll believe a man can fly.

Overview

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

Production Companies

Dovemead Films
Alexander and Ilya Salkind Productions
International Film Production

Additional Info

Budget $55,000,000.00
Revenue $300,500,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 47.318

Directed By

Richard Donner

Crew

Executive Producer
Ilya Salkind
Screenplay
Robert Benton
Director
Richard Donner
Story
Mario Puzo
Screenplay
David Newman
Characters
Jerry Siegel
Screenplay
Leslie Newman
Producer
Pierre Spengler
Characters
Joe Shuster
Second Unit
Robert Lynn
Screenplay
Mario Puzo
Second Unit Director
John Glen
Production Design
John Barry
Director of Photography
Geoffrey Unsworth
Editor
Stuart Baird
Associate Producer
Charles F. Greenlaw
Original Music Composer
John Williams
Stunts
Greg Powell
Stunt Coordinator
Vic Armstrong
Sound Mixer
Charles Schmitz
Sound Mixer
Brian Marshall
Painter
George Dean
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Leonard Green
Continuity
Elaine Schreyeck
Production Supervisor
Tim Hampton
Modeling
Brian Smithies
Production Supervisor
Timothy Burrill
Assistant Director
Vincent Winter
Second Assistant Director
Kieron Phipps
Aerial Director of Photography
Peter Allwork
Special Effects Supervisor
Les Bowie
Second Assistant Director
Roy Button
Second Assistant Director
Michael Green
Second Assistant Director
Simon Milton
Additional Photography
Jack Atcheler
Additional Photography
Reginald H. Morris
Production Coordinator
Michael J. Duthie
Assistant Director
Gareth Tandy
Second Unit Director
David Lane
Special Effects
John Richardson
Assistant Director
Jerry Grandey
Camera Operator
Gordon Hayman
Camera Operator
Jack Courtland
Assistant Camera
David Lenham
Assistant Camera
Tom Ryan
Executive Assistant
Maria Monreal
Assistant Director
David Tomblin
Special Effects
R.A. MacDonald
Additional Writing
Norman Enfield
Production Manager
Austen Jewell
Location Manager
Chris Coles
Second Assistant Director
Steve Lanning
Second Assistant Director
Michael Hook
Continuity
Betsy Norton
Continuity
Josie Fulford
Assistant Camera
John J. Campbell
First Assistant Editor
Bob Mullen
Assistant Editor
Tim Jordan
Assistant Editor
Neil Farrell
Assistant Editor
George Akers
Second Unit Director
Robert Lynn
Assistant Director
Michael Dryhurst
Assistant Director
Allan James
Second Assistant Director
Keith Lund
Second Assistant Director
Patrick Cadell
Second Assistant Director
Peter Jacobs
Second Assistant Director
Candace Suerstedt
Additional Photography
Alex Thomson
Camera Operator
Howard A. Anderson III
Assistant Camera
Alan Gatward
Executive Assistant
Jeanne Ferber
Assistant Director
Bud Grace
Camera Operator
James Devis
Production Manager
Les Kimber
Assistant Camera
Ronnie Anscombe
Visual Effects Supervisor
Roy Field
Production Executive
Geoffrey Helman
Production Manager
Peter A. Runfolo
Modeling
Derek Meddings
Camera Operator
Peter MacDonald
Assistant Director
Michael Rauch
Continuity
Kay Rawlings
Camera Operator
Ginger Gemmel
Assistant Editor
Christopher Morris
Supervising Art Director
Maurice Fowler
Supervising Art Director
Bill Brodie
Scenic Artist
Ernest Smith
Modeling
Jeff Luff
Special Effects Technician
Ron Burton
Special Effects
Zoran Perisic
Assistant Director
Dominic Fulford
Continuity
Doris Martin
Continuity
Katya Kolpaktchy
Camera Operator
Ken Coles
Continuity
Rita Davison
Additional Photography
Sol Negrin
Camera Operator
John Morgan
Second Assistant Director
Michael Murray
Camera Operator
John Harris
Camera Operator
Ronnie Fox Rogers
Camera Operator
Roy Ford
Assistant Camera
Peter Versey
Dialogue Editor
Pat Foster
Art Direction
Stan Jolley
Construction Manager
Michael Redding
Camera Operator
Mike Chevalier
Assistant Camera
Trevor Coop
Music Editor
Robert Hathaway
Music Editor
Ken Ross
Orchestrator
Herbert W. Spencer
Assistant Editor
Mike Round
Assistant Editor
Colin Wilson
Special Effects Technician
Joe Fitt
Electrician
Bert Bosher
Stunts
Stuart Fell
Dialogue Editor
Michael Hopkins
Special Effects Technician
Peter Biggs
Wardrobe Assistant
Elvira Angelinetta
Electrician
Jack Thetford
Second Assistant Director
Charles Marriott
Camera Operator
Geoff Glover
Assistant Camera
John Deaton
Assistant Camera
Domenic Mastrippolito
Draughtsman
Ted Ambrose
Scenic Artist
Bill Beavis
Construction Manager
Herman Lowers
Modeling
Andrew Kelly
Special Effects Technician
Robert Nugent
Special Effects Technician
Jimmy Harris
Property Master
George Ball
Wardrobe Assistant
Helen Gill
Wardrobe Assistant
Austin Cooper
Chief Lighting Technician
John Tythe
Stunts
Bill Weston
Continuity
Angela Martelli
Camera Operator
George Pink
Electrician
Freddie Webster
Matte Painter
Ray Caple
Sound Effects
John Foster
Draughtsman
Alan Cassie
Special Effects Technician
Brian Warner
Chief Lighting Technician
Maurice Gillett
Stunt Coordinator
Alex Stevens
Camera Operator
Lou Barlia
Camera Operator
Rod Parkhurst
Visual Effects Assistant Editor
Russ Woolnough
Construction Manager
Roy Evans
Special Effects Technician
Peter Pickering
Assistant Accountant
Graham Henderson
Second Assistant Director
Vic Smith
Second Assistant Director
Peter L. Bergquist
Additional Photography
Robert E. Collins
Assistant Camera
Jonathan Taylor
Construction Manager
Jack Carter
Wardrobe Assistant
Janet Tebrooke
Electrician
Ray Meehan
Costumer
Ruth Morley
Art Direction
Gene Rudolf
Set Decoration
Fred Weiler
Special Effects Technician
Michael Dunleavy
Wardrobe Assistant
Colin Wilson
Camera Operator
Jack Lowen
Sound Effects
Stan Fiferman
Sound Mixer
Chris Large
Draughtsman
Dennis Bosher
Modeling
Cyril Forster
Still Photographer
Bob Penn
Stunts
Paul Weston
Construction Manager
Larry Cleary
Property Master
Danny Skundric
Casting
Mary Selway
Orchestrator
Arthur Morton
Special Effects Technician
Frank Richardson
Stunt Coordinator
Alf Joint
Camera Operator
James A. Contner
Modeling
Terry Reed
Wardrobe Assistant
Eddie Silva
Electrician
John May
Main Title Designer
Denis Rich
Assistant Editor
David Beesley
Sound Mixer
Richard Raguse
Draughtsman
Tony Rimmington
Construction Manager
Harry Kersey
Special Effects Technician
Roy Spencer
Special Effects Technician
Terry Schubert
Special Effects Technician
Rodney Fuller
Stunts
Wendy Leech
Production Accountant
Douglas Noakes
Still Photographer
Douglas Luke
Electrician
Ray Evans
Matte Painter
Liz Lettman
Electrician
Harry Woodley
Matte Painter
Doug Ferris
Scoring Mixer
Eric Tomlinson
Hairdresser
Pat McDermott
Visual Effects Editor
Peter Watson
Art Direction
Ernest Archer
Art Direction
Philip Bennet
Costume Design
Yvonne Blake
Makeup Artist
Kay Freeborn
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gordon K. McCallum
Art Direction
Norman Dorme
Set Decoration
Peter Howitt
Hairdresser
Darby Halpin
Sound Mixer
Roy Charman
Supervising Sound Editor
Chris Greenham
Art Direction
Norman Reynolds
Set Designer
Steve Cooper
Art Direction
Stuart Craig
Art Direction
Tony Reading
Visual Effects Designer
Denis Rich
Makeup Artist
Jamie Brown
Hairdresser
Cathy Kevany
Production Supervisor
Robert Simmonds
Makeup Artist
Basil Newall
Special Effects Supervisor
Colin Chilvers
Hairdresser
Iloe Elliott
Makeup Supervisor
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Louis Lane
Makeup Artist
Nick Maley
Makeup Artist
Sylvia Croft
Makeup Artist
Phil Rhodes
Hairdresser
Stella Rivers
Hairdresser
Joan White
Makeup Artist
Graham Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Connie Reeve
Wardrobe Supervisor
Betty Adamson
Art Direction
Leslie Dilley
Production Manager
Dusty Symonds
Sound Mixer
Norman Bolland
Sound Effects Editor
Peter Pennell
Second Unit Director
David Tomblin
Wardrobe Assistant
Barbara Gillett
Draughtsman
Reg Bream
First Assistant Camera
David Wynn-Jones
Camera Operator
Mike Fox
Second Unit Director
John Barry

TOP CAST

Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve

Clark Kent / Superman

Margot Kidder
Margot Kidder

Lois Lane

Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman

Lex Luthor

Jackie Cooper
Jackie Cooper

Perry White

Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford

Pa Kent

Trevor Howard
Trevor Howard

1st Elder

Valerie Perrine
Valerie Perrine

Eve Teschmacher

Maria Schell
Maria Schell

Vond-Ah

Terence Stamp
Terence Stamp

General Zod

Jeff East
Jeff East

Young Clark Kent

Marc McClure
Marc McClure

Jimmy Olsen

Harry Andrews
Harry Andrews

2nd Elder

Vass Anderson
Vass Anderson

3rd Elder

John Hollis
John Hollis

4th Elder

James Garbutt
James Garbutt

5th Elder

Michael Gover
Michael Gover

6th Elder

David Neal
David Neal

7th Elder

William Russell
William Russell

8th Elder

Penelope Lee
Penelope Lee

9th Elder

John Stuart
John Stuart

10th Elder

Alan Cullen
Alan Cullen

11th Elder

Aaron Smolinski
Aaron Smolinski

Baby Clark Kent

Billy J. Mitchell
Billy J. Mitchell

1st Editor

Robert Henderson
Robert Henderson

2nd Editor

Larry Lamb
Larry Lamb

1st Reporter

John Cassady
John Cassady

3rd Reporter

John F. Parker
John F. Parker

4th Reporter

Harry Scott
Harry Scott

5th Reporter

Ray Evans
Ray Evans

6th Reporter

Miquel Brown
Miquel Brown

8th Reporter

Vincent Marzello
Vincent Marzello

1st Copy Boy

Benjamin Feitelson
Benjamin Feitelson

2nd Copy Boy

Lise Hilboldt
Lise Hilboldt

1st Secretary

Leueen Willoughby
Leueen Willoughby

2nd Secretary

Rex Reed
Rex Reed

Rex Reed

Steve Kahan
Steve Kahan

Officer 1

Ray Hassett
Ray Hassett

Officer 2

Randy Jurgensen
Randy Jurgensen

Officer 3

Matt Russo
Matt Russo

News Vendor

Paul Avery
Paul Avery

TV Cameraman

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