" Her mission, she explains, is to stop a ruthless chief spy""s smuggling of Air Ministry military secrets out of England to the enemy." As she left, she gave Clark a wrapped package containing Superman""s cape.With Superman out of the way for the time being, Luthor had acquired a mountain of stacked cash.To his cohorts"" surprise, he fired his three black market arms dealers, and assumed control of the entire operation.With the mysterious monolith in the foreground, the glowing Sun rises over the black slab, directly beneath the crescent of the Moon.The charming, sparkling screenplay that satirizes the Communist political system with sexual humor was written by Billy Wilder (before he became a director), Charles Brackett and Walter Reisch, based on a screen story by Melchior Lengyel.