Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller /  more » Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 14 nominations  more » User Ratings: 7.3 (46,483 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero.  more »

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Filmmakers: Richard Donner - Director, Jerry Siegel - Writer (creator: Superman), Joe Shuster - Writer (creator: Superman), Mario Puzo - Writer (story) (screenplay), David Newman - Writer (screenplay), Leslie Newman - Writer (screenplay), Robert Benton - Writer (screenplay), Alexander Salkind - Producer, Pierre Spengler - Producer, Michael Thau - Producer / Editor, Geoffrey Unsworth - Cinematographer, John Williams - Composer, John Barry - Production Designer, Stuart Baird - Editor, Michael Ellis - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Marlon Brando ... Jor-El	337
	Gene Hackman ... Lex Luthor	696
	Christopher Reeve ... Superman/Clark Kent	1,985
	Ned Beatty ... Otis	3,062
	Jackie Cooper ... Perry White	8,428