Superman (1948)

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Country: USA
Genres: Sci-Fi
Release: 1948-07-15
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet , Thomas Carr
Writers: George H. Plympton , Joseph F. Poland , Arthur Hoerl , Lewis Clay
Language: English
Stars: Kirk Alyn , Kirk Alyn , Noel Neill , Tommy Bond , Carol Forman , George Meeker , Jack Ingram , Pierre Watkin , Terry Frost , Charles King , Charles Quigley
Runtime: 244 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Stålmannen och spindelligan (Sweden) , Superman (United Kingdom) , The Adventures of Superman (United States of America) , Las aventuras de Superman (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , O Poder do Super-Homem (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , O yperanthropos (Greece) , Superman (Denmark) , Superman (Turkey) , Superman , Супермен , El supermán (Mexico) , スーパーマン (Japan) , Superman (Canada) , Superman (Australia) , Superman (United States of America) , Super-Homem (Brazil) , Dev Adam Geliyor (Turkey)
Plot: Jor-El (Nelson Leigh), a scientist on the planet Krypton rockets his infant son to Earth just before Krypton explodes. The boy is found on Earth by a farmer, Eben Kent (Ed Cassidy) and his wife, Martha (Virginia Carroll) and they name him Clark Kent (Kirk Alyn). When Clark grows up, his foster father asks him to use his amazing super powers only for good. The mild-mannered Clark gets a job on the Daily Planet as a reporter, and soon, as his alter-ego Superman (Kirk Alyn'), and soon tangles with The Spider Lady (Carol Forman), who considers herself Queen of the Underworld. Meanwhile, a fragment from the planet Krypton reaches earth and falls in her possession. It is the only substance that can render Superman helpless.
IMDB:tt0040852