Supersonic Man

1979 film

Tonino Moi
Juan Piquer

Produced by

Dick Randall
Faruk Alatan^[1]

Starring

Michael Coby
Cameron Mitchell
Diana Plakow

CinematographyJuan Marine^[1]Edited by

Pedro del Rey
George Akers^[1]

Music by

Gin Peguri
Juan Luis Izaguirre^[1]

Production
company

Almena Films^[1]

Distributed byFilmayer S.A.

Release date

6 August 1979 (1979-08-06)

Running time

88 minutes^[1]CountrySpain^[1]LanguageSpanish

Supersonic Man is a 1979 Spanish superhero film directed by Juan Piquer Simón, and starring Antonio Cantafora and Cameron Mitchell.^[2]

Plot

Kronos, a humanoid extraterrestrial (Richard Yesteran), has been sent to planet Earth in order to help humanity against its own threats. Settling in New York City, he becomes a superhero, Supersonic Man. He confronts nefarious Dr. Gulik (Cameron Mitchell) who plans to take over the world.^[3]

Cast

Antonio Cantafora - Paul (credited as Michael Coby)
Cameron Mitchell - Dr. Gulik
Diana Polakov - Patricia Morgan
Frank Braña - Peterson
José María Caffarel - Professor Morgan (credited as John Caffarel)
José Luis Ayestarán - Kronos / Supersonic (credited as Richard Yesteran)

Release

Supersonic Man was distributed in Spain by Filmayer S.A. on 6 August 1979.^[4] It sold 751,696 tickets on its Spanish release.^[4] It was the last film seen on WFLD's version of Svengoolie (titled Son of Svengoolie) before it was cancelled in 1986. It was also spoofed by RiffTrax on October 11, 2013.^[5]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, John Pym wrote in Monthly Film Bulletin that the film "is a cut-price digest of half-a-dozen money spinners, from the Bond movies to Star Wars."^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Pym 1979, p. 255.
^ "Supersonic Man = a Eurodisco Superman with no budget". 4 July 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ Turner Classic Movies
^ ^a ^b "Supersonic Man" (in Spanish). The Spanish Film Catalogue. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ RiffTrax