Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Mild
The story
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.
- galaxy
- journalist
- saving the world
- secret identity
- crime fighter
- superhero
- nuclear missile
- based on comic
- destruction of planet
- criminal
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Christopher Reeve
Clark Kent / Superman
Margot Kidder
Lois Lane
Gene Hackman
Lex Luthor
Marlon Brando
Jor-El
- Ned Beatty — Otis
- Jackie Cooper — Perry White
- Glenn Ford — Pa Kent
- Trevor Howard — 1st Elder
- Jack O'Halloran — Non
- Valerie Perrine — Eve Teschmacher
- Maria Schell — Vond-Ah
- Terence Stamp — General Zod
- Phyllis Thaxter — Ma Kent
- Susannah York — Lara
- Jeff East — Young Clark Kent
- Directed
- Richard Donner
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 4,399 ratings
- Studio
- Dovemead Films, Alexander and Ilya Salkind Productions, International Film Production
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1978 · You’re hereSuperman
Where it starts.
Superman II
1980
Superman III
1983
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
