Richard Donner's 1978 epic about the Man of Steel showed how a film about a superhero could be a moving and romantic experience even for people who long ago gave up comic books. Beginning on the icy planet Krypton, the story follows the baby Kal-El, whose rocket ship lands in Smallville, Kansas. He is found there by a childless couple and raised as the shy Clark Kent (the young Kent is played by Jeff East). The film is perhaps most touching in these sequences, with expanses of wheat fields blowing in the wind and with a young man who can't figure out what part in destiny his great powers are meant to play. The second half, with Reeve taking over as Clark/Superman, is bustling, enchanting (the scene in which Superman flies girlfriend Lois Lane--played by Margot Kidder--through the night sky is great date material), and funny, thanks largely to Gene Hackman's sardonic portrayal of nemesis Lex Luthor. --Tom Keogh
Kirk Alyn | General Sam Lane (uncredited) |
Christopher Reeve | Superman / Clark Kent |
Margot Kidder | Lois Lane |
Vass Anderson | 3rd Elder |
Harry Andrews | 2nd Elder |
Gene Hackman | Lex Luthor |
Bill Bailey | 2nd Senator |
Marlon Brando | Jor-El |
Ned Beatty | Otis |
David Baxt | Burglar |
Jackie Cooper | Perry White |
Glenn Ford | Pa Kent |
Terri Hawkes | Serena - Sailor Moon |
Trevor Howard | 1st Elder |
Kotono Mitsuishi | Usagi Tsukino - Super Sailor Moon |
Kae Araki | Chibi Usa - Super Sailor Chibi Moon |
Karen Bernstein | Amy - Sailor Mercury |
Jack O'Halloran | Non |
Valerie Perrine | Eve Teschmacher |
Katie Griffin | Raye - Sailor Mars |
Michie Tomizawa | Rei Hino - Sailor Mars |
Maria Schell | Vond-Ah |
Terence Stamp | General Zod |
Aya Hisakawa | Ami Mizuno - Sailor Mercury |
Phyllis Thaxter | Ma Kent |
Susan Roman | Lita - Sailor Jupiter |
Susannah York | Lara |
Stephanie Morgenstern | Mina - Sailor Venus |
Jeff East | Young Clark Kent |
Emi Shinohara | Makoto Kino - Sailor Jupiter |
Marc McClure | Jimmy Olsen |
Rica Fukami | Minako Aino - Sailor Venus |
Sarah Douglas | Ursa |
Tracey Hoyt | Rini - Sailor Mini Moon |
Tôru Furuya | Mamoru Chiba - Tuxedo Kamen |
Sabrina Grdevich | Sailor Pluto |
John Hollis | 4th Elder |
Masako Katsuki | Michiru Kaiou - Sailor Neptune |
Barbara Radecki | Sailor Neptune |
James Garbutt | 5th Elder |
Sarah Lafleur | Sailor Uranus |
Michael Gover | 6th Elder |
Megumi Ogata | Haruka Ten'ou - Sailor Uranus |
David Neal | 7th Elder |
William Russell | 8th Elder |
Vince Corazza | Darien - Tuxedo Mask |
Penelope Lee | 9th Elder |
Chiyoko Kawashima | Setsuna Meiou - Sailor Pluto |
John Stuart | 10th Elder |
Jill Frappier | Luna |
Alan Cullen | 11th Elder |
Keiko Han | Luna |
Lee Quigley | Baby Kal-El |
Ron Rubin | Artemis |
Aaron Smolinski | Baby Clark Kent |
Yasuhiro Takato | Artemis |
Diane Sherry | Lana Lang |
Kirsten Bishop | Badiyanu (voice: English version) |
Jeff Atcheson | Coach |
Naomi Emmerson | Diana (voice: English version) |
Kumiko Nishihara | Diana (voice: Japanese version) |
Brad Flock | Brad |
David Petrou | Team Manager |
Julie Lemieux | Peruru (voice: English version) |
Rihoko Tamegai | Badiane (voice: Japanese version) |
Billy J. Mitchell | 1st Editor |
Robert Henderson | 2nd Editor |
Chika Sakamoto | Perle (voice: Japanese version) |
Larry Lamb | 1st Reporter |
Robert Tinkler | Pupulan (voice: English version) |
Nobuo Hida | Poupelin (voice: Japanese version) |
James Brockington | 2nd reporter |
Nobuhiko Kazama | Banane (voice: Japanese version) |
John Cassady | 3rd reporter |
Kazuya Nakai | Orangeat (voice: Japanese version) |
John F. Parker | 4th reporter |
Ayako Ono | Bonbon Babies (voice: Japanese version) |
Antony Scott | 5th Reporter |
Ray Evans | 6th Reporter |
Emi Uwagawa | Bonbon Babies (voice: Japanese version) |
Sue Shifrin | 7th Reporter (as Su Shifrin) |
Miquel Brown | 8th Reporter |
Vincent Marzello | 1st Copy Boy |
Benjamin Feitelson | 2nd Copy Boy |
Lise Hilboldt | 1st Secretary |
Tony Daniels | Pananu (voice) |
Leueen Willoughby | 2nd Secretary |
Sandy Howell | |
Jill Ingham | Perry's Secretary |
Pieter Stuyck | Window Cleaner |
Rex Reed | Rex Reed |
Weston Gavin | Mugger |
Steve Kahan | Officer 1 (as Stephen Kahan) |
Ray Hassett | Officer 2 |
Randy Jurgensen | Officer 3 (as Randy Jurgenson) |
Matt Russo | News Vendor |
Colin Skeaping | Pilot |
Bo Rucker | Pimp |
Paul Avery | TV Cameraman |
George Harris II | Patrolman Mooney |