A crook dressed as Superman commits a series of robberies. The real Superman must work fast to counter the bad publicity.A crook dressed as Superman commits a series of robberies. The real Superman must work fast to counter the bad publicity.A crook dressed as Superman commits a series of robberies. The real Superman must work fast to counter the bad publicity.
Joan Alexander
- Lois Lane
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jackson Beck
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jack Mercer
- Office Boy
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Carl Meyer
- Fake Superman
- (uncredited)
Julian Noa
- Boss
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Lee Royce
- Clark Kent
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
- Directors
- Izzy Sparber
- Dave Fleischer(earlier cartoon clips) (uncredited)
- Steve Muffati(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis marks the first time on screen when a villain shoots at Superman, realizes his bullets are ineffective and decides to throw his gun at Superman as an alternate form of attack.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Peep Show: Local Zero (2004)
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My Double's in for Some Trouble
Besides the comic-book superheroics, an interesting thing about some of these old Superman cartoons is the role of the narrator. They all begin with a voiceover from an unseen narrator who introduces the general concept of Superman, of course, but I'm talking about a character as narrator. In the original "Superman" (1941), Lois Lane was the storyteller; the film we saw was or became the story she wrote as a reporter for The Daily Planet. In this one, "Showdown," Lois takes a back seat to Supes and his alter ego--or double--Clark Kent. Added here is another doppelgänger for the man of steel in the form of a crook impersonating him (as, meanwhile, his crime boss impersonates Edward G. Robinson).
The short doesn't conclude with a story by Lane, either, but with Kent waking up from a snooze. One may read this as him continuing his impersonation of not being Superman, but another way to look at it is that the entire story of doubles (Clark/Superman and two Supermans) was Clark's dream after a boring night at the opera. In this final scene, Lois says she has a story to tell him, but we never hear it. This is Clark's story.
The short doesn't conclude with a story by Lane, either, but with Kent waking up from a snooze. One may read this as him continuing his impersonation of not being Superman, but another way to look at it is that the entire story of doubles (Clark/Superman and two Supermans) was Clark's dream after a boring night at the opera. In this final scene, Lois says she has a story to tell him, but we never hear it. This is Clark's story.
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- Cineanalyst
- Sep 24, 2020
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- Superman: La hora de la verdad
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- Runtime8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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