Superman (1978)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Jor-El

      Marlon Brando

    • Lex Luthor

      Gene Hackman

    • Clark Kent, 'Superman'

      Christopher Reeve

    • Otis

      Ned Beatty

    • Perry White

      Jackie Cooper

    • Pa Kent

      Glenn Ford

    • 1st elder

      Trevor Howard

    • Lois Lane

      Margot Kidder

    • Non

      Jack O'Halloran

    • Eve Teschmacher

      Valerie Perrine

    • Vond-Ah

      Maria Schell

    • General Zod

      Terence Stamp

    • Ma Kent

      Phyllis Thaxter

    • Lara

      Susannah York

    • young Clark Kent

      Jeff East

    • Jimmy Olsen

      Marc McClure

    • Ursa

      Sarah Douglas

    • 2nd elder

      Harry Andrews

    • 3rd elder

      Vass Anderson

    • 4th elder

      John Hollis

    • 5th elder

      James Garbutt

    • 6th elder

      Michael Gover

    • 7th elder

      David Neal

    • 8th elder

      William Russell

    • 9th elder

      Penelope Lee

    • 10th elder

      John Stuart

    • 11th elder

      Alan Cullen

    • baby Kal-el

      Lee Quigley

    • baby Clark Kent

      Aaron Smolinski

    • Lana Lang

      Diane Sherry

    • coach

      Jeff Atcheson

    • football player

      Brad Flock

    • team manager

      David Petrou

    • 1st editor

      Billy J. Mitchell

    • 2nd editor

      Robert Henderson

    • 1st reporter

      Larry Lamb

    • 2nd reporter

      James Brockington

    • 3rd reporter

      John Cassady

    • 4th reporter

      John F. Parker

    • 5th reporter

      Antony Scott

    • 6th reporter

      Ray Evans

    • 7th reporter

      Su Shifrin

    • 8th reporter

      Miquel Brown

    • 1st copy boy

      Vincent Marzello

    • 2nd copy boy

      Benjamin Feitelson

    • 1st secretary

      Lise Hilboldt

    • 2nd secretary

      Leueen Willoughby

    • Perry's secretary

      Jill Ingham

    • window cleaner

      Pieter Stuyck

    • Rex Reed

      Rex Reed

    • mugger

      Weston Gavin

    • officer 1

      Kahan, Stephen

    • officer 2

      Ray Hassett

    • officer 3

      Randy Jurgensen

    • news vendor

      Matt Russo

    • pilot

      Colin Skeaping

    • pimp

      Bo Rucker

    • TV cameraman

      Paul Avery

    • burglar

      David Baxt

    • Patrolman Mooney

      George Harris Ii

    • 1st hood

      Michael Harrigan

    • 2nd hood

      John Cording

    • 3rd hood

      Raymond Thompson

    • 4th hood

      Oz Clarke

    • desk sergeant

      Rex Everhardt

    • little girl

      Jayne Tottman

    • Air Force One pilot

      Frank Lazarus

    • co-pilot

      Brian Protheroe

    • 1st crewman

      Lawrence Trimble

    • 2nd crewman

      Robert Whelan

    • 3rd crewman

      David Calder

    • newscaster

      Norwich Duff

    • newscaster

      Keith Alexander

    • newscaster

      Michael Ensign

    • major

      Larry Hagman

    • Sergeant Hayley

      Paul Tuerpé

    • lieutenant

      Graham McPherson

    • petty officer

      David Yorston

    • admiral

      O'neill, Robert

    • general

      Robert Macleod

    • 1st controller

      John Ratzenberger

    • 2nd controller

      Alan Tilvern

    • state senator

      Phil Brown

    • 2nd senator

      Bill Bailey

    • agent

      Burnell Tucker

    • Indian chief

      Tug Smith

    • superchief driver

      Norman Warwick

    • assistant

      Chuck Julian

    • power company driver

      Colin Etherington

    • mate

      Mark Wynter

    • warden

      Roy Stevens

    • [Lois Lane's father]

      Kirk Alyn

    • [pilot, Concorde]

      Michael Behr

    • [pilot, Concorde]

      John Rees

    • [joint chief of general staff, Pentagon]

      Bruce Boa

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Richard Donner

    • 2nd Unit Direction

      David Tomblin

    • 2nd Unit Direction

      John Glen

    • 2nd Unit Direction

      John Barry

    • 2nd Unit Direction

      David Lane

    • 2nd Unit Direction

      Robert Lynn

    • [2nd Unit Direction]

      Peter Duffell

    • Assistant Director

      David Tomblin

    • Assistant Director

      Dominic Fulford

    • Assistant Director

      Vincent Winter

    • Assistant Director

      Michael Dryhurst

    • Assistant Director

      Allan James

    • Assistant Director

      Gareth Tandy

    • Assistant Director (USA)

      Jerry Grandey

    • Assistant Director (USA)

      Michael Rauch

    • Assistant Director (USA)

      Bud Grace

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Steve Lanning

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Roy Button

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Michael Green

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Kieron Phipps

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Charles Marriott

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Vic Smith

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Keith Lund

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Michael Hook

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Patrick Cadell

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Peter Jacobs

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Simon Milton

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Michael Murray

    • 2nd Assistant Director (USA)

      Peter Bergquist

    • 2nd Assistant Director (USA)

      Candace Suerstedt

    • Trainee Assistant [Director]

      Yves Gaumont

    • Trainee Assistant [Director]

      Paul Storey

    • Trainee Assistant [Director]

      Waldo Roeg

    • Trainee Assistant [Director]

      Bill Rudgard

    • Continuity Supervisor

      Elaine Schreyeck

    • Continuity

      Kay Rawlings

    • Continuity

      Doris Martin

    • Continuity (USA)

      Betsy Norton

    • Assistant Continuity

      Katya Kolpaktchy

    • Aditional Continuity

      Josie Fulford

    • Aditional Continuity

      Rita Davison

    • Aditional Continuity

      Angela Martelli

    Production:

    • ©

      Film Export A.G.

    • Made by

      Dovemead Limited

    • Production Company

      International Film Production Inc.

    • Distributed by

      Warner Bros.

    • World Wide Distribution

      Film Export A.G.

    • Presents

      Alexander Salkind

    • Executive Producer

      Ilya Salkind

    • Produced by

      Pierre Spengler

    • Associate Producer

      Charles F. Greenlaw

    • Production Executive

      Geoffrey Helman

    • Production Manager

      Dusty Symonds

    • Production Manager

      Runfolo, Peter

    • Production Manager

      Les Kimber

    • Production Manager

      Austen Jewell

    • Production Supervisor

      Robert Simmonds

    • Production Supervisor for North America

      Timothy Burrill

    • Production Supervisor for New Mexico

      Tim Hampton

    • Visual Co-ordinator

      David Lane

    • Visual Co-ordinator

      Ernest Walter

    • Visual Co-ordinator

      Campbell, Michael

    • Production Co-ordinator

      Duthie, Michael

    • Production Accountant

      Douglas Noakes

    • Assistant Accountant

      Graham Henderson

    • Location Manager

      Chris Coles

    • Creative Consultant

      Tom Mankiewicz

    • Production Assistant

      Pat Carr

    • Production Assistant

      Jeannie Stone

    • Production Assistant

      Jean Hall

    • Production Assistant

      Liz Green

    • Production Assistant

      Joy Bayley

    • Production Assistant

      Diane Appleby

    • Production Assistant

      Sally Ball

    • Production Assistant

      Norma Hazelden

    • Production Assistant

      Norma Garment

    • Production Assistant (USA)

      Adeline Leonard

    • Production Assistant (USA)

      Liebegott, Dick

    • Production Assistant (Canada)

      Patti Allen

    • Special Unit Secretary

      Jennie McClean

    • Special Unit Secretary

      Jane Cox

    • Special Unit Secretary

      Jane Dixie

    • Special Unit Secretary

      Sue Edwards

    • Executive Assistant to the Producers

      Maria Monreal

    • Executive Assistant to Richard Donner

      Jeanne Ferber

    • Secretary to the Executive Producer

      Sue Hausner

    • Secretary to the Producer

      Trudy Balen

    • Made at

      Pinewood Studios

    • Made at

      Shepperton Studios

    Casting:

    • Casting

      Lynn Stalmaster

    • English Casting

      Mary Selway

    Writing:

    • Screenplay by

      Mario Puzo

    • Screenplay by

      David Newman

    • Screenplay by

      Leslie Newman

    • Screenplay by

      Robert Benton

    • Additional Script Material by

      Norman Enfield

    • Superman Created by

      Jerry Siegel

    • Superman Created by

      Joe Shuster

    • Story by

      Mario Puzo

    • Based upon the character Superman appearing in

      DC Comics

    Photography:

    • Photographed by

      Geoffrey Unsworth

    • Creative Director of Process Photography

      Denys Coop

    • Additional Photography

      Alex Thomson

    • Additional Photography

      Jack Atcheler

    • Additional Photography (New Mexico)

      Robert E. Collins

    • Additional Photography (Alberta)

      Reginald Morris

    • Additional Photography (New York)

      Sol Negrin

    • Model Photography

      Paul Wilson

    • Additional Model Photography

      Harry Oakes

    • Additional Model Photography

      Bob Kindred

    • Additional Model Photography

      Leslie Dear

    • Additional Model Photography (USA)

      Anderson, Darrell

    • New York Process Plate Photography

      Bob Bailin

    • New York Process Stills

      Cervin Robinson

    • Flying Unit Co-ordinator

      Dominic Fulford

    • Aerial Photography

      Peter Allwork

    • Wescam Photography

      Ronald Goodman

    • Camera Operator

      Peter MacDonald

    • Camera Operator

      John Harris

    • Camera Operator

      Devis, Jimmy

    • Camera Operator

      John Morgan

    • Camera Operator

      Gordon Hayman

    • Camera Operator

      Glover, Geoff

    • Camera Operator

      Ken Coles

    • Camera Operator

      Fox Rogers, Ronnie

    • Camera Operator

      Ginger Gemmell

    • Camera Operator

      Roy Ford

    • Camera Operator

      Lowen, Jack

    • Camera Operator

      George Pink

    • Camera Operator (USA)

      Lou Barlia

    • Camera Operator (USA)

      Contner, Jim

    • Camera Operator (USA)

      Michael Chevalier

    • Camera Operator (USA)

      Jack Courtland

    • Camera Operator (USA)

      Howard Anderson Iii

    • Camera Operator (Canada)

      Rod Parkhurst

    • Matte Camera Operator

      Peter Harman

    • Matte Camera Operator

      Peter Hammond

    • Camera Assistant

      John Campbell

    • Camera Assistant

      Jonathan Taylor

    • Camera Assistant

      Trevor Coop

    • Camera Assistant

      Peter Versey

    • Camera Assistant

      Anscombe, Ronnie

    • Camera Assistant

      David Lenham

    • Camera Assistant

      John Deaton

    • Camera Assistant

      Alan Gatward

    • Camera Assistant (USA)

      Domenic Mastrippolito

    • Camera Assistant (Canada)

      Tom Ryan

    • Chief Electrician (Lee Electric)

      Maurice Gillett

    • Chief Electrician (Pinewood)

      John Tythe

    • Electrician (Lee Electric)

      Ray Evans

    • Electrician (Lee Electric)

      Ray Meehan

    • Electrician (Pinewood)

      John May

    • Electrician (Pinewood)

      Harry Woodley

    • Electrician (Pinewood)

      Bosher, Bert

    • Electrician (Pinewood)

      Fred Webster

    • Electrician (Pinewood)

      Jack Thetford

    • Video Operator

      Chris Warren

    • Video Operator

      Brian King

    Stills:

    • Stills .

      Bob Penn

    • Stills

      Douglas Luke

    Special Effects:

    • Creative Supervisor of Optical Special FX

      Roy Field

    • Creative Supervisor of Mattes & Composites

      Les Bowie

    • Special Visual Effects Design

      Denis Rich

    • Creative Supervisor of Special Visuals

      Stuart Freeborn

    • Flying Systems & Process Projection

      Wally Veevers

    • Process Systems

      Charles Staffell

    • Travelling Matte Supervisor

      Dennis Bartlett

    • Matte Artist

      Doug Ferris

    • Matte Artist

      Ray Caple

    • Assistant Matte Artist

      Liz Lettman

    • Creative Supervisor of Special Effects

      Colin Chilvers

    • Director of Special Effects

      Colin Chilvers

    • Zoptic Special Effects by

      Zoran Perisic

    • Special Effects (Canada/New York)

      John Richardson

    • Special Effects (New Mexico)

      Macdonald, Bob

    • Special Effects Technician

      Roy Spencer

    • Special Effects Technician

      Terry Schubert

    • Special Effects Technician

      Bob Nugent

    • Special Effects Technician

      Joe Fitt

    • Special Effects Technician

      Ron Burton

    • Special Effects Technician

      Brian Warner

    • Special Effects Technician

      Rodney Fuller

    • Special Effects Technician

      Michael Dunleavy

    • Special Effects Technician

      Jimmy Harris

    • Special Effects Technician

      Peter Biggs

    • Special Effects Technician

      Frank Richardson

    • Special Effects Technician

      Peter Pickering

    • Flying Effects

      Derek Botell

    • Flying Effects

      Bob Harman

    • Model Effects Directed & Created by

      Derek Meddings

    • Additional Model Effects

      Brian Smithies

    • Modeller

      Jan Stevens

    • Modeller

      Peter Voysey

    • Star Ship by

      Ed Gimmel

    • Model Maker

      Terry Reed

    • Model Maker

      Cyril Forster

    • Model Maker

      Jeff Luff

    • Model Maker

      Tony Dunsterville

    • Model Maker

      Krzanowski, Tadeusz

    • Additional Model Effects

      George Gibbs

    Editing:

    • Film Editor

      Stuart Baird

    • Film Editor

      Michael Ellis

    • Supervising Editor of Optical/Special Effects

      Peter Watson

    • 1st Assistant Editor

      Mullen, Bob

    • Assistant Editor

      David Beesley

    • Assistant Editor

      Tim Jordan

    • Assistant Editor

      Mike Round

    • Assistant Editor

      Neil Farrell

    • Assistant Editor

      Christopher Morris

    • Assistant Editor

      Colin Wilson

    • Assistant Editor

      George Akers

    • Assistant Editor of Optical & Special Effects

      Russell Woolnough

    Design:

    • Production Designer

      John Barry

    • Supervising Art Director (England)

      Maurice Fowler

    • Supervising Art Director (New York)

      Maurice Fowler

    • Supervising Art Director (Canada)

      Bill Brodie

    • Supervising Art Director (New Mexico)

      Bill Brodie

    • Art Director

      Norman Dorme

    • Art Director

      Norman Reynolds

    • Art Director

      Ernest Archer

    • Art Director

      Tony Reading

    • Art Director

      Dilley, Les

    • Art Director

      Stuart Craig

    • Art Director (USA)

      Gene Rudolf

    • Art Director (USA)

      Bennet, Philip

    • Art Director (USA)

      Stan Jolley

    • Set Decoration

      Peter Howitt

    • Set Decoration (USA)

      Fred Weiler

    • Draughtsman

      Tony Rimmington

    • Draughtsman

      Reg Bream

    • Draughtsman

      Ted Ambrose

    • Draughtsman

      Dennis Bosher

    • Draughtsman

      Alan Cassie

    • Illustrator

      Ivor Beddoes

    • Illustrator

      Roy Carnon

    • Scenic Artist

      Ernest Smith

    • Scenic Artist

      Bill Beavis

    • Decor & Lettering Artist

      Norman Hart

    • [Sculptor]

      Brian Muir

    • Property Master

      George Ball

    • Property Master

      Danny Skundric

    • Props

      Eddie Francis

    • Production Buyer

      John Lanzer

    • Production Buyer

      Peter Palmer

    • Construction Manager

      Larry Cleary

    • Construction Manager

      Jack Carter

    • Construction Manager (USA)

      Harry Kersey

    • Construction Manager (USA)

      Herman Lowers

    • Model Construction Manager

      Michael Redding

    • Assistant Construction Manager

      Roy Evans

    Costumes:

    • Costumes Designed by

      Yvonne Blake

    • Additional Costumes

      Ruth Morley

    • Wardrobe Supervisor & Additional Designs

      Betty Adamson

    • Wardrobe Assistant

      Helen Gill

    • Wardrobe Assistant

      Eddie Silva

    • Wardrobe Assistant

      Austin Cooper

    • Wardrobe Assistant

      Janet Tebrooke

    • Wardrobe Assistant

      Colin Wilson

    • Wardrobe Assistant

      Barbara Gillett

    • Wardrobe Assistant

      Elvira Angelinetta

    Make-up:

    • Creative Supervisor of Make-up

      Stuart Freeborn

    • Make-up Artist

      Philip Rhodes

    • Make-up Artist

      Basil Newall

    • Make-up Artist

      Kay Freeborn

    • Make-up Artist

      Graham Freeborn

    • Make-up Artist

      Nick Maley

    • Make-up Artist

      Sylvia Croft

    • Make-up Artist

      Connie Reeve

    • Make-up Artist (USA)

      Louis Lane

    • Make-up Artist (Canada)

      Jamie Brown

    • Hairdresser

      Pat McDermott

    • Hairdresser

      Joan White

    • Hairdresser

      Stella Rivers

    • Hairdresser

      Cathy Kevany

    • Hairdresser (USA)

      Darby Halpin

    • Hairdresser (Canada)

      Iloe Elliott

    Titles:

    • Titles Photographed by

      Camera Effects

    • Title/Special Optical Sequences Photographed by

      Camera Effects

    • Title/Special Optical Sequences Photographed by

      Roy Pace

    • Title/Special Optical Sequences Photographed by

      Sheldon Elbourne

    • Special Sequences

      Howard A. Anderson Company

    • Special Sequences

      Continental Camera Systems Inc.

    • Main Title Credits by

      Steve Frankfurt Communications

    • Main Title Credits by

      R/Greenberg Associates

    • Main Titles Designed by

      Denis Rich

    Film processing:

    • Zoptic Operation

      David Speed

    • Zoptic Operation

      Mike Drew

    • Zoptic Operation

      James Aspinall

    • Optical Sequences

      Oxford Scientific Films Ltd

    • Optical Sequences

      Peter Parks

    • Optical Sequences

      Sean Morris

    • Optical Sequences

      National Screen Service Ltd.

    • Optical Sequences

      Gillie Potter Productions

    • Optical Sequences

      Delecluse Realisations

    • Optical Sequences

      Cinema Research Corporation

    • Optical Sequences

      Van Der Veer Photo Company

    • Optical Sequences

      Rank Post Productions

    • Optical Sequences

      Cinefex

    • Optical Sequences

      Vee Films

    • Optical Sequences

      General Screen Enterprises

    • Optical Liaison (Harrow Col/Technology)

      Martin Shorthall

    • Filmed in

      Panavision

    • Processed by

      Technicolor

    Music:

    • Music by

      John Williams

    • Music Played by

      London Symphony Orchestra, The

    • Orchestrations by

      Spencer, Herbert

    • Orchestrations by

      Arthur Morton

    • Music Editor

      Bob Hathaway

    • Assistant [Music Editor]

      Ken Ross

    Sound:

    • Music Mixed/Recorded at Anvil Studios by

      Eric Tomlinson

    • Sound Mixer

      Roy Charman

    • Sound Mixer

      Norman Bolland

    • Sound Mixer

      Brian Marshall

    • Sound Mixer (USA)

      Charles Schmitz

    • Sound Mixer (USA)

      Dick Ragusa

    • Sound Mixer (Canada)

      Chris Large

    • Assistant [Sound Mixer]

      Tucker, Michael

    • Assistant [Sound Mixer]

      George Rice

    • Assistant [Sound Mixer]

      Keith Pamplin

    • Assistant [Sound Mixer]

      Des Edwards

    • Sound Mixed & Re-recorded by

      Gordon K. McCallum

    • Assistant Dubbing Mixer

      Hartstone, Graham

    • Assistant Dubbing Mixer

      Le Messurier, Nicholas

    • Assistant Dubbing Mixer

      Otto Snel

    • Sound Mixed & Re-recorded at

      Pinewood Studios

    • Supervising Sound Editor

      Chris Greenham

    • Assistant Dubbing Editor

      Brown, Geoff

    • Assistant Dubbing Editor

      Leonard Green

    • Assistant Dubbing Editor

      Brennan, Patrick

    • Assistant Dubbing Editor

      Jupiter Sen

    • Assistant Dubbing Editor

      Tony Orton

    • Assistant Dubbing Editor

      David Fisher

    • Sound Editor (Dialogue)

      Michael Hopkins

    • Sound Editor (Dialogue)

      Pat Foster

    • Sound Editor (Effects)

      Peter Pennell

    • Sound Editor (Footsteps & Effects)

      Stan Fiferman

    • Sound Editor (Footsteps & Effects)

      John Foster

    Stunts:

    • Stunt Co-ordination

      Alf Joint

    • Stunt Co-ordination

      Vic Armstrong

    • New York Stunt Co-ordination

      Alex Stevens

    • Additional Stunts

      Paul Weston

    • Additional Stunts

      Cooper, George

    • Additional Stunts

      Wendy Leech

    • Additional Stunts

      Stuart Fell

    • Additional Stunts (Canada)

      Butler, Dick

    • Additional Stunts (Canada)

      Richard Hackman

    • Helicopter Pilot (New Mexico)

      Marc Wolff

    • Helicopter Pilot (New York)

      Al Cerullo

    Consultant:

    • ...Dedicated with Love and Respect to

      Geoffrey Unsworth

    • All Original Music Compositions ©

      Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corporation

    • In Memory of

      Terry Hill

    • In Memory of

      John Bodimeade

    • Dolby Sound Consultant

      Max Bell

    • Aerial Camera Sequences

      Wesscam

    • Chemtone Sequences by

      TVC Laboratories Inc.

    • Camera Equipment Supplied by

      Samuelson Films Service

    • Lighting Equipment by

      Lee Electric (Lighting)

    • Costumes by

      Bermans & Nathans

    • Clark Kent's Wardrobe Furnished by

      Barney's Inc

    • Jewellery by

      Cartier

    • TV & Audio by

      J.V.C.

    • Cheerios by

      General Mills Inc.

    • Watches by

      Timex

    • Sales Consultant

      Armand Rubin

    Publicity:

    • Publicist

      Gordon Arnell

    • Publicity Assistant

      June Broom

    • Publicity Assistant

      O'reilly, Pat