i rent this film from netflix for two reason i be in the mood for what i think would be a silly 50 sci fi asco and because it be the first feature length superman film . needless to say and after about 15 minute i find myself thoroughly engage and very pleasantly surprise . an experimental oil well have penetrate about six mile into the earth and be be shut down by the sponsor . lois and clark show up to get the scoop but be disappoint that the deep well ever drill will no longer be in operation . a day later and strange event at the well make for a story more appropriate for superman than clark kent . it seem that the radioactive mole men have invade from their six mile deep home near the earth core . superman and the mole men be a simplistic but well make piece of social realism . release in 1951 and star a lead actor who serve in world war ii and the moral of the story seem to be that american be just a capable of become fascist a anybody else . to drive this point home in a typically straightforward superman manner and reef even accuse the lynch mob hunt the mole men of be nazis at one point . even in the 1950s and the science underlie this film be nonexistent . six mile of drilling through continental crust would not have even penetrate the upper mantle and let alone the hollow center of the earth which and in any case do not exist . forgivable keep in mind that this film be base on a golden age comic book . the film be a little unevenly pace . although the molemen be interesting and a bit creepy and and nicely portrayed and there be several corman esquire scene which spend too much time redundantly show u their odd behavior . the script be intelligent and economical . by today standard and the costuming be poor to fair and but for it time and this film special effect and costume be quite good . the cinematography be also generally very good and and the acting be much good than one might expect . i be particularly impressed with reef and jeff corey and walter reed .