Directed by Richard Lester Written by Jerry Siegel   Joe Shuster   David Newman   Leslie Newman   Mario Puzo   Cast Christopher Reeve ... Superman / Clark Kent Richard Pryor ... Gus Gorman Jackie Cooper ... Perry White Marc McClure ... Jimmy Olsen Annette O'Toole ... Lana Lang Annie Ross ... Vera Pamela Stephenson ... Lorelei Robert Vaughn ... Ross Webster Margot Kidder ... Lois Lane Gavan O'Herlihy ... Brad Nancy Roberts ... Unemployment Clerk Graham Stark ... Blind Man Henry Woolf ... Penguin Man Gordon Rollings ... Man In Cap Peter Wear ... Bank Robber Justin Case ... Mime Bob Todd ... Dignified Gent Terry Camilleri ... Delivery Man Stefan Kalipha ... Data School Instructor Helen Horton ... Miss Henderson Lou Hirsch ... Fred Bill Reimbold ... Wages Man Shane Rimmer ... State Policeman Al Matthews ... Fire Chief Barry Dennen ... Dr. McClean Enid Saunders ... Minnie Bannister Kevin Harrison Cork ... D.J. Robert Henderson ... Mr. Simpson Paul Kaethler ... Ricky R.J. Bell ... Mr. Stokis Pamela Mandell ... Mrs. Stokis Peter Whitman ... Man At Cash Point Ronnie Brody ... Husband Sandra Dickinson ... Wife Philip Gilbert ... Newsreader Pat Starr ... White-Coated Scientist Gordon Signer ... Mayor John Bluthal ... Pisa Vendor George Chisholm ... Street Sweeper David Fielder ... Olympic Runner Robert Beatty ... Tanker Captain Christopher Malcolm ... 1st Miner (as Chris Malcolm) Larry Lamb ... 2nd Miner Frank Oz ... Brain Surgeon (scenes deleted) Uncredited Cast Roy Alon ... Man Trapped in Car Maxwell Craig ... Man in Unemployment Line Stan Edmonds ... Applauding Man Jill Goldston ... Woman in Crowd Les Kimber ... Bus Driver Grant Lowe ... Cab Driver Derek Lyons ... Commuter Mildred Shay ... Woman in Elevator Tina Simmons ... Commuter Aaron Smolinski ... Boy at Photo Booth Guy Standeven ... 'Daily Planet' Employee Geoffrey Steele ... Man in Elevator David Winning ... Commuter Fred Wood ... Dole Recipient - Next to Gus Gorman Produced by Alexander Salkind   Ilya Salkind   Robert Simmonds   Pierre Spengler   Original Music by Ken Thorne

Additional Info Premiere: June 17, 1983 DVD Release: May 01, 2001 Blu-ray Release: June 07, 2011 Countries: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Dovemead Films (as Dovemead Limited) Cantharus Productions (as Cantharus Productions N.V.) Major Studio Partners (financed by) Distributors Warner Bros.   (1983) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (1983) (USA) (VHS) (clamshell case) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1986) (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video   (1987) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2008) (USA) (DVD) (4-film set) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,014 / 20,869 Site Ranking #2,010 American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006) #2,011 Day Of The Dead (1985) #2,012 Hackers (1995) #2,013 Fifty Shades Freed (2018) #2,014 Superman III (1983) #2,015 The Woman King (2022) #2,016 James And The Giant Peach (1996) #2,017 Showgirls (1995) #2,018 The Courier (2020)