After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman’s cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

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Film Cast:

• Kara Zor-El / Linda Lee / Supergirl: Helen Slater
• Selena: Faye Dunaway
• Zaltar: Peter O’Toole
• Ethan: Hart Bochner
• Alura: Mia Farrow
• Bianca: Brenda Vaccaro
• Nigel: Peter Cook
• Zor-El: Simon Ward
• Jimmy Olsen: Marc McClure
• Lucy Lane: Maureen Teefy
• Mr. Danvers: David Healy
• Eddie, Truck Driver: Matt Frewer
• Argonian Citizen: Kelly Hunter
• Midvale Protestor: Glory Annen
• Argonian Citizen: Christian J. Fletcher
• Pretty Young Lady: Sandra Dickinson
• Myra: Robyn Mandell
• Muffy: Jenifer Landor
• Mrs. Murray: Diana Ricardo
• Billy-Jo: Nancy Lippold
• Betsy: Sonya Leite
• Ali: Lynsey Beauchamp
• Amy: Michelle Taylor
• Nancy: Nancy Wood
• Jodie: Virginia Greig
• Gloria: Julia Lewis
• Billy: Bill Mitchell
• Argonian Citizen: Kevin Scott
• Argonian Citizen: Baillie Walsh
• Party Guest: Orla Pederson
• Lucy’s Friend: Bradley Lavelle
• Bystander at Protest (uncredited): Jill Goldston

Film Crew:

• Director: Jeannot Szwarc
• Producer: Timothy Burrill
• Director of Photography: Alan Hume
• Editor: Malcolm Cooke
• Screenplay: David Odell
• Original Music Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
• Executive Producer: Ilya Salkind
• Assistant Director: Derek Cracknell
• Sound Mixer: Robin Gregory
• Assistant Accountant: Val Farmer
• Wardrobe Assistant: Renee Heimer
• Casting: Esta Charkham
• Casting: Toni Howard
• Production Design: Richard Macdonald
• Set Decoration: Peter Young
• Costume Design: Emma Porteous
• Makeup Artist: Ann Brodie
• Makeup Artist: Nick Dudman
• Makeup Artist: Lee Harman
• Makeup Artist: Pauline Heys
• Makeup Artist: Basil Newall
• Hairdresser: Eithné Fennel
• Hairdresser: Paula Gillespie
• Hairdresser: Colin Jamison
• Hairdresser: Patrick McDermott
• Assistant Art Director: Katharina Kubrick
• Casting Director: Lynn Stalmaster
• Stunts: Greg Powell
• Stunt Double: Tracey Eddon
• Stunts: Dickey Beer
• Stunt Coordinator: Alf Joint
• Stunts: Terry Cade
• Stunts: Sadie Eden
• Stunts: Eddie Eddon
• Stunts: Helen Slater
• Stunts: Nick Gillard
• Stunts: Michael Scott-Law
• Assistant Art Director: Jim Morahan

Movie Reviews:

• GenerationofSwine: What? Are you seeing that right? 10 out of 10 stars?
• Yeah, this movie isn’t any good…technically it’s horrible, some of the acting his horrible, the plot really stinks, there is a lot that really sucks about this movie…
• BUT, it entertains. And my policy here is that so long as I can be entertained by a movie, it accomplished its goal.
• In 2018 retrospect, it’s great because there are no politics behind the “girl” part of the title. It doesn’t tell you “like this or you are a Nazi,” but it was 1984 so…it’s really not going to tell you that.
• And Helen Slater usually seems a little flat. She has rare instances where she actually shines, but she wouldn’t be my first choice for a superhero.
• However, that being said, she DOES pull of “heroic” very well, so as flat as she may be, she did do a good job at being imposing when she needed to be and that helps you suspend your disbelief enough to actually get into the film.
• And it’s hard to get into. There is enough low budget cheese to be a kick. There is enough just awfulness to enjoy the film for what it was. And that is never a bad thing. It can make for fun entertainment even if it makes for a bad film.
• Really what this film suffers from is an overdose of the early 80s. And really what makes this movie so much fun is an overdose of the the early 80s.
• You get a Footloose, Karate Kid feel for everything about the film. Too early to be totally Regan Era but not to early to be seriously Middle-America meets emerging New Wave culture and it makes for a great clash. It makes for entertainment, even if it is bad entertainment.
• So, you won’t think this is a great film. But it will entertain you. It’s worth watching, but not if you have to pay for it, that is not unless you get a wave of nostalgia wash over you.