The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (Movie)
1980 / Director: Iain Johnstone / Avg Rating: 5.3 out of 10
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews with key cast and crew.
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Marlon Brando...Jor-El
Gene Hackman...Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve...Superman / Clark Kent
Ned Beatty...Otis
Jackie Cooper...Perry White
Glenn Ford...Pa Kent
Trevor Howard...1st Elder (uncredited)
Margot Kidder...Lois Lane
Jack O'Halloran...Non
Valerie Perrine...Eve Teschmacher
Maria Schell...Vond-Ah
Terence Stamp...General Zod
Susannah York...Lara
Marc McClure...Jimmy Olsen
Sarah Douglas...Ursa
Harry Andrews...2nd Elder (uncredited)
Rex Reed...Rex Reed (uncredited)
Larry Hagman...Major (uncredited)
Noel Neill...Ella Lane (uncredited)
Kirk Alyn...Sam Lane (uncredited) - Superman II (1980) (Movie) (14)
Gene Hackman...Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve...Superman / Clark Kent
Ned Beatty...Otis
Jackie Cooper...Perry White
Sarah Douglas...Ursa
Margot Kidder...Lois Lane
Jack O'Halloran...Non
Valerie Perrine...Eve Teschmacher
Susannah York...Lara
Marc McClure...Jimmy Olsen
Terence Stamp...General Zod
Richard Donner...Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)
Glenn Ford...Jonathan Kent in Opening Montage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Trevor Howard...Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited) - You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006) (Movie) (13)
Ilya Salkind...SelfPierre Spengler...selfAlexander Salkind...Self (archive footage)
Richard Donner...Self
Marlon Brando...Self (archive footage)
Terence Stamp...Self
Christopher Reeve...Self (archive footage)
Margot Kidder...Self
Susannah York...Self
Jackie Cooper...Self
Jack O'Halloran...Self
Sarah Douglas...Self
Marc McClure...Self
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Gene Hackman...Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Christopher Reeve...Superman / Clark Kent (archive footage)
Marlon Brando...Jor-El (archive footage)
Ned Beatty...Otis (archive footage)
Jackie Cooper...Perry White (archive footage)
Sarah Douglas...Ursa (archive footage)
Margot Kidder...Lois Lane (archive footage)
Jack O'Halloran...Non (archive footage)
Valerie Perrine...Eve Teschmacher (archive footage)
Marc McClure...Jimmy Olsen (archive footage)
Terence Stamp...General Zod (archive footage)
Richard Donner...Man Walking by Diner (uncredited) (archive footage)
- The Making of 'Superman II' (1982) (Movie) (11)
Terence Stamp...Himself
Gene Hackman...Himself
Jack O'Halloran...Himself
Sarah Douglas...Herself
Christopher Reeve...HimselfIlya Salkind...HimselfPierre Spengler...HimselfAlexander Salkind...Himself
Margot Kidder...Herself
Marc McClure...Himself
Jackie Cooper...Himself
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Richard Donner...himself
Christopher Reeve...Himself (archive footage)
Margot Kidder...Herself
Noel Neill...HerselfIlya Salkind...Himself
Jackie Cooper...Himself
Gene Hackman...Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando...Self (archive footage)
Ned Beatty...Self (archive footage)
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Marc McClure...Himself
Richard Donner...Himself
Christopher Reeve...Himself
Gene Hackman...Himself
Margot Kidder...Herself
Marlon Brando...HimselfJohn Barry...Himself
- Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001) (Movie) (6)
Marc McClure...Himself
Richard Donner...Himself
Christopher Reeve...Himself
Gene Hackman...Himself
Margot Kidder...Herself
Marlon Brando...Himself
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Joe Shuster...Self (archive footage)Alexander Salkind...Self (archive footage)Ilya Salkind...Self (archive footage)
Christopher Reeve...Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
Margot Kidder...Lois Lane (archive footage)
Richard Donner...Self (archive footage) - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) (Movie) (6)
Christopher Reeve...Superman / Clark Kent
Margot Kidder...Lois Lane
Gene Hackman...Lex Luthor
Jackie Cooper...Perry White
Marc McClure...Jimmy Olsen
Susannah York...Lara (voice)
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Ned Beatty...
Marlon Brando...
Gene Hackman...
Valerie Perrine...
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes (2001) (Movie) (4)
Joe Shuster...Himself (archive footage)
Gene Hackman...Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Margot Kidder...Lois Lane (archive footage)
Christopher Reeve...Superman (archive footage)
- Superman III (1983) (Movie) (4)
Christopher Reeve...Superman / Clark Kent
Jackie Cooper...Perry White
Marc McClure...Jimmy Olsen
Margot Kidder...Lois Lane
- Battle of Britain (1969) (Movie) (3)
Harry Andrews...Senior civil servant
Trevor Howard...Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Susannah York...Section Officer Maggie Harvey
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Christopher Reeve...
Gene Hackman...
Ned Beatty...
- Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988) (Movie) (3)
Kirk Alyn...Himself
Noel Neill...Ella Lane
Christopher Reeve...Self
- Valerie (2019) (Movie) (3)
Valerie Perrine...Herself
Sarah Douglas...Herself
Richard Donner...Himself
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Kirk Alyn...Superman, alias Clark Kent
Noel Neill...Lois Lane
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) (Movie) (2)
Rex Reed...Self
Marlon Brando...Self (archive footage)
- Brotherly Love (1970) (Movie) (2)
Susannah York...Hilary Dow
Harry Andrews...Brig. Crieff
- Casting By (2012) (Movie) (2)
Ned Beatty...Self
Richard Donner...Self
- Cimarron (1960) (Movie) (2)
Glenn Ford...Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
Maria Schell...Sabra Cravat born Venable
- Conduct Unbecoming (1975) (Movie) (2)
Trevor Howard...Colonnello Benjamin Strang
Susannah York...Marjorie Scarlett
- Gray Lady Down (1978) (Movie) (2)
Ned Beatty...Mickey
Christopher Reeve...Phillips
- Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) (Movie) (2)
Jackie Cooper...Himself
Glenn Ford...Himself
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Ned Beatty...Landlord
Susannah York...Dr. Sinclair
- Inside the Third Reich (1982) (Movie) (2)
Maria Schell...Mrs. Speer
Trevor Howard...Prof. Heinrich Tessenow
- March or Die (1977) (Movie) (2)
Gene Hackman...Major William Sherman Foster
Jack O'Halloran...Ivan
- Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014) (Movie) (2)
Richard Donner...Self - Filmmaker
Marlon Brando...Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
- Maverick (1994) (Movie) (2)
Margot Kidder...Margret Mary (uncredited)
Richard Donner...Dealer (uncredited)
- Modesty Blaise (1966) (Movie) (2)
Terence Stamp...Willie Garvin
Harry Andrews...Sir Gerald Tarrant
- Morituri (1965) (Movie) (2)
Marlon Brando...Robert Crain
Trevor Howard...Colonel Statter
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) (Movie) (2)
Marlon Brando...First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian
Trevor Howard...Capt. William Bligh
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) (Movie) (2)
Larry Hagman...
Christopher Reeve...
- Sands of the Kalahari (1965) (Movie) (2)
Susannah York...Grace Munkton
Harry Andrews...Grimmelman
- Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie (1985) (Movie) (2)
Alexander Salkind...HimselfIlya Salkind...Himself
- Shadow on the Land (1968) (Movie) (2)
Jackie Cooper...Lt. Col. Andy Davis
Gene Hackman...Rev. Thomas Davis
- Sky Riders (1976) (Movie) (2)
Susannah York...Ellen Bracken
Harry Andrews...Auerbach
- Superman (1948) (Movie) (2)
Kirk Alyn...Superman, alias Clark Kent
Noel Neill...Lois Lane
- Superman (1953) (Movie) (2)
Kirk Alyn...
Noel Neill...
- Superman Returns (2006) (Movie) (2)
Marlon Brando...Jor-El
Noel Neill...Gertrude Vanderworth
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Christopher Reeve...Blaine Bingham
Ned Beatty...Roy Ridnitz
- The Adventures of Eliza Fraser (1976) (Movie) (2)
Susannah York...Eliza Fraser
Trevor Howard...Capt. Foster Fyans
- The Big Bus (1976) (Movie) (2)
Ned Beatty...Shorty Scotty
Larry Hagman...Parking Lot Doctor
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) (Movie) (2)
Trevor Howard...Lord Cardigan
Harry Andrews...Lord Lucan
- The Final Programme (1973) (Movie) (2)
Harry Andrews...John
Sarah Douglas...Catherine
- The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987) (Movie) (2)
Margot Kidder...Herself
Christopher Reeve...Himself
- The Heart of the Matter (1953) (Movie) (2)
Trevor Howard...Harry Scobie
Maria Schell...Helen Rolt
- The Last American Hero (1973) (Movie) (2)
Valerie Perrine...Marge Dennison
Ned Beatty...Hackel
- The Long Duel (1967) (Movie) (2)
Trevor Howard...Freddie Young
Harry Andrews...Miles Stafford
- The Movie Orgy (1968) (Movie) (2)
Noel Neill...Lois Lane (archival footage)
Marlon Brando...Self (archival footage)
- The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) (Movie) (2)
Valerie Perrine...Herself
Christopher Reeve...Himself
- The Nightcomers (1972) (Movie) (2)
Marlon Brando...Peter Quint
Harry Andrews...Master of the House
- The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965) (Movie) (2)
Harry Andrews...R.S.M. Wilson (archival footage)
Harry Andrews...R.S.M. Wilson (archive footage)
- The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957) (Movie) (2)
Marlon Brando...Sakini
Glenn Ford...Captain Fisby
- The Unholy (1988) (Movie) (2)
Ned Beatty...Lt. Stern
Trevor Howard...Father Silva
