Atom Man vs. Superman

Atom Man vs. Superman
Promotional poster
Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet
Written byDavid Mathews
George H. Plympton
Joseph F. Poland
Based onCharacters
by Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringKirk Alyn
Lyle Talbot
Noel Neill
Tommy Bond
CinematographyIra H. Morgan
Edited byEarl C. Turner
Music byMischa Bakaleinikoff
Color processBlack and white
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 20, 1950 (1950-07-20) (United States)
Running time
15 chapters (252 minutes)
LanguageEnglish

Atom Man vs. Superman is a 1950 American film serial and the second Superman movie serial featuring Kirk Alyn, credited (as with the previous serial) only by his character name, Superman.[1]

When Lex Luthor blackmails the city of Metropolis by threatening to destroy the entire community, Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet assigns Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Clark Kent to cover the story.[2] The first chapter was released in July 1950.[3]

  1. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 250–251. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
  2. ^ "Marc Lawrence to Play Heavy". The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder. Vol. 40, no. 4083. New South Wales, Australia. 6 November 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 8 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Schelly, William (2013). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 9781605490540.