Directed by Sidney J. Furie Written by Jerry Siegel   Joe Shuster   Christopher Reeve   Lawrence Konner   Mark Rosenthal   Cast Christopher Reeve ... Superman / Clark Kent Gene Hackman ... Lex Luthor / Nuclear Man (voice) Jackie Cooper ... Perry White Marc McClure ... Jimmy Olsen Jon Cryer ... Lenny Sam Wanamaker ... David Warfield Mark Pillow ... Nuclear Man Mariel Hemingway ... Lacy Warfield Margot Kidder ... Lois Lane Damian McLawhorn ... Jeremy William Hootkins ... Harry Howler Jim Broadbent ... Jean Pierre Dubois Stanley Lebor ... General Romoff Don Fellows ... Levon Hornsby Robert Beatty ... U.S. President Bradley Lavelle ... Tall Marshall (Chain Gang) Mac McDonald ... Marshall 1 Czeslaw Grocholski ... Russian General 1 Steve Plytas ... Russian General 2 John Hollis ... Russian General 3 (Kremlin) Bob Sherman ... Senator - Pentagon Eiji Kusuhara ... U.N. Guard - Japanese Yuri Borienko ... Russian General - Red Square Boris Isarov ... Cosmonaut Captain Dorota Zieciowska ... Cosmonaut (as Dorota Zienska) Jiri Stanislav ... Cosmonaut Jayne Brook ... Teacher - JFK High School Ron Travis ... Convict Matthew Freeman ... Submariner Indira Joshi ... Secretary General U.N. Douglas W. Iles ... Chief of Staff Ted Maynard ... Army Chief Raymond Marlowe ... Navy Chief John Cagon ... Technician Malcolm Bullivant ... U.N. Guard - Swedish Mark Caven ... Priest - Boystown Diana Hunter ... Museum Tour Guide Nicholas Colicos ... Paul - Metro Sports Club Keith Edwards ... Technician - Fort Mason David Garth ... First Elder Esmond Knight ... Second Elder Eugene Lipinski ... Cosmonaut - Space Walker Dennis Creaghan ... Bill Compton Philip Fox ... Husband - Great Wall of China Jimmy Fung ... Chinese Official - Great Wall of China Guinevere John ... Tourist - Great Wall of China Peter Penry-Jones ... Tourist - Great Wall of China Witold Schejbal ... Russian Premiere (as Witold Scheybal) Rex Robinson ... Engineer - Subway Kerry Shale ... MBC Newscaster Susannah York ... Lara (voice) Clive Mantle ... Nuclear Man #2 (scenes deleted) Uncredited Cast Max Bracey ... Baby Superman (unconfirmed) Kenneth Coombs ... Reporter Peter Diamond ... S.W.A.T. team member with melting gun Jill Goldston ... Commuter Christine Hewett ... Woman Running for Bomb Derek Lyons ... Russian Guard Paul Markham ... Onlooker at Rally Kingsley Pilgrim ... School kid Peter Roy ... Policeman Michael Ryan ... Young Man, Metro Club Tina Simmons ... Commuter Produced by Graham Easton   Yoram Globus   Menahem Golan   Michael J. Kagan   Original Music by Alexander Courage

Additional Info Premiere: July 23, 1987 Theatrical Release: July 24, 1987 DVD Release: May 01, 2001 Blu-ray Release: June 07, 2011 Countries: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Alternate Titles Superman IV: The Strongest Enemy Production Companies Cannon Films Warner Bros. Golan-Globus Productions London-Cannon Films Distributors Warner Bros.   (1987) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (1987) (USA) (VHS) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) TBS Superstation   (1992) (USA) (TV) Viacom   (1989) (USA) (TV) Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution   (2019) (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video   (2008) (USA) (DVD) (4 film set) Rating Stats Overall Rating 3.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,383 / 20,869 Site Ranking #2,379 Titane (2021) #2,380 Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 3 (2024) #2,381 Black Dynamite (2009) #2,382 The Girl In The Spider's Web (2018) #2,383 Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987) #2,384 Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 1 (2021) #2,385 Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 2 (2023) #2,386 Jackass Forever (2022) #2,387 The Last Exorcism (2010)