The Adventures of Superman : The Case of the Whistling Bird (1954)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Genres - Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
Sub-Genres - Superhero Show [TV] |
Run Time - 30 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Sterling Holloway returns as eccentric scientist Uncle Oscar, who while trying to cook up a formula for flavored stamp glue ends up with a powerful explosive. Rather than write down the entire formula, Uncle Oscar teaches vital segments of the formula to his talking parakeet Schuyler. A pair of foreign spies steal Schuyler and substitute a lookalike, then kidnap Oscar and his niece Nancy (Allene Roberts) in order to steal the explosive. This looks like a job for Superman (George Reeves)--but it may also prove to be his undoing, inasmuch as the loquacious Schuyler is savvy to Superman's "Clark Kent" guise.