Superman and the Mole Men

Watch: Superman and the Mole Men

11/23/195158m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ ON THE SCREEN...America's Favorite Hero! ~

Overview:

Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy.

Director:

Lee Sholem

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$275,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

small town
underground
superhero
cartoon
oil
reporter
super power
save the neighborhood
oil well
superhuman strength

Cast

George Reeves

~ as ~

Superman / Clark Kent

Phyllis Coates

~ as ~

Lois Lane

Jeff Corey

~ as ~

Luke Benson

Walter Reed

~ as ~

Bill Corrigan

J. Farrell MacDonald

~ as ~

Pop Shannon

Stanley Andrews

~ as ~

The Sheriff

Ray Walker

~ as ~

John Craig

Hal K. Dawson

~ as ~

Chuck Weber

Phil Warren

~ as ~

Deputy Jim

Frank Reicher

~ as ~

Hospital Superintendent

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 5 month(s) ago
7
'Superman and the Mole Men' is actually pretty solid. I knew nothing coming into it, yet wasn't expecting all that much from such a short run time of 58 minutes. It turns out, I was satisfied. It admittedly isn't anything overly enthralling, but it is a watchable Superman flick.

George Reeves is stronger as Clark Kent than as the main man, though that can be down to the fact that he is Kent for the vast majority - and I liked him in that role. Phyllis Coates' Lois Lane feels like Lois Lane, so that's another positive. The rest of the cast are all alright too.

I, somewhat surprisingly given the obvious limitations that the (independent) filmmakers had back in 1951, really enjoyed the Mole Men. They do look rather dorky and kinda silly, but to be honest their minimal design more than did the job for me. I was happy to see 'em onscreen.

The first feature film based on a DC Comics character, how about that. It's always fascinating to me with situations like this, like imagine telling the people involved with this back in 1951 that superhero flicks would become so gargantuan around 70 years later. Trailblazers!