Don Glut's first movie project done as homework at the USC film school was a super-hero effort, Captain America vs. the Mutant. The assignment was to shoot a short film that had a certain amount of pans, cuts, close ups, etc., all done in camera. He also threw in special effects, match cuts and action - all done in camera.
The film was shot in Los Angeles' Griffith Park with great assistance by Glut's good friends Bob and Kathy Burns.
Randal Kleiser , later one of Hollywood's most prominent motion picture directors, portrayed Captain America, wearing the actual costume from Republic's 1944 Captain America serial.
Bob Burns wears the first Don Post mask of the character made from the original Universal mold, enacted the Metaluna Mutant's (the character from the movie "This Island Earth") role.