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