Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
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Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent / Superman
Margot Kidder as Lois Lane
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
Marlon Brando as Jor-El
Ned Beatty as Otis
Jackie Cooper as Perry White
Sarah Douglas as Ursa
Jack O'Halloran as Non
Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher
Clifton James as Sheriff
E.G. Marshall as The President
Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen
Terence Stamp as General Zod
John Ratzenberger as Controller #1
Gordon Rollings as Fisherman
Angus MacInnes as Prison Warden
Richard LeParmentier as Reporter
Don Fellows as General
Michael Shannon as President's Aide
Tony Sibbald as Presidential Imposter
Tommy Duggan as Diner Owner
Pamela Mandell as Waitress
Pepper Martin as Rocky
Shane Rimmer as Controller #2
Richard Donner as Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)
Cleon Spencer as Kid #1
Carl Parris as Kid #2
Matt Kaminsky as Looping Christopher Reeve
Austin Majors as Ranch Boy (voice)
Aaron Smolinski as Baby Kal-El
Maxwell Craig as Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Jim Dowdall as Boris
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David Tomblin Second Unit Director
Richard Donner Director
Charles Bishop Art Direction
Ernest Archer Art Direction
Norman Reynolds Art Direction
Terry Ackland-Snow Art Direction
John Barry Production Design
Peter Murton Production Design
Peter Howitt Set Decoration
Peter Young Set Decoration
Maurice Fowler Supervising Art Director
Geoffrey Unsworth Director of Photography
Robert Paynter Director of Photography
Chic Waterson Camera Operator
David Garfath Camera Operator
Freddie Cooper Camera Operator
Ginger Gemmel Camera Operator
John Harris Camera Operator
John Morgan Camera Operator
Peter MacDonald Camera Operator
David Wynn-Jones First Assistant Camera
David Wynn-Jones Focus Puller
Denys N. Coop Other
Paul Wilson Other
Sue Yelland Costume Design
Yvonne Blake Costume Design
Stuart Freeborn Makeup Artist
Tom Mankiewicz Creative Consultant
John Victor-Smith Editor
Stuart Baird Editor
Michael Thau Editor
Colin Chilvers Special Effects Supervisor
Zoran Perisic Special Effects Supervisor
Roy Field Visual Effects Supervisor
John Williams Original Music Composer
Kelly Cabral Supervising Sound Editor
Melissa A. Corns Assistant Sound Editor
Cameron Frankley Sound Designer
Randy Kelley Sound Effects Editor
Tim LeBlanc Other
Ai-Ling Lee Sound Effects Editor
Jon Michaels Assistant Sound Editor
Troy Porter ADR Mixer
Edward Steidele Foley Artist
Chris Trent Foley Mixer
Jerry Trent Foley Artist
Gregory H. Watkins Other
Adam Avitabile Visual Effects
Lloyd Lee Barnett Digital Compositor
Derek Bird Digital Compositor
Chad Buehler Digital Compositor
Cyntia Büll Digital Compositor
Mark Driscoll Visual Effects Producer
Jenny Foster Visual Effects Producer
Jay Duerr Music Editor
Eric Tomlinson Music Sound Design and Processing
Ken Thorne Additional Music
Maurice Gillett Gaffer
Jerry Siegel Characters
Joe Shuster Characters
David Newman Screenplay
Leslie Newman Screenplay
Mario Puzo Screenplay
Mario Puzo Story
Michele Tandy Assistant Accountant
Debbie McWilliams Casting
Lynn Stalmaster Casting
Ilya Salkind Executive Producer
Frans J. Afman Finance
Maria Monreal Other
Pierre Spengler Producer
Douglas Noakes Production Accountant
Geoffrey Helman Production Manager
Robert Simmonds Production Manager
Vincent Winter Production Manager
Cecil F. Ford Production Supervisor
Tim Hampton Production Supervisor
Allan James Unit Manager
Derek Hoffman Co-Producer
Michael Thau Producer
Charles F. Greenlaw Associate Producer
Andy Armstrong Second Unit Director
Denis Rich Storyboard Artist
Michael Crawford Executive In Charge Of Production