Superman and the Mole Men

Superman and the Mole Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLee Sholem
Written byRobert Maxwell
Whitney Ellsworth
Based on
Superman
by
Produced byBarney Sarecky
StarringGeorge Reeves
Phyllis Coates
Jeff Corey
J. Farrell MacDonald
Stanley Andrews
CinematographyClark Ramsey
Edited byAlbrecht Joseph
Music byDarrell Calker
Walter Greene
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release date
  • November 1951 (1951-11)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Superman and the Mole Men is a 1951 American superhero film released by Lippert Pictures. Produced by Barney A. Sarecky and directed by Lee Sholem, it stars George Reeves as Superman and Phyllis Coates as Lois Lane. It is the first feature film based on any DC Comics character, and it is the first occurrence of Reeves playing the role of Superman as he later would in the television series Adventures of Superman.

Clark and Lois cover a story on oil drilling in a small town, which inadvertently summons a pair of subterranean, humanoid creatures. Superman defends the creatures against the paranoid and prejudiced townspeople.