Movies / Superman III (1983)
Runtime: 125 min
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi
Languages: English Italian Spanish
Here was a case in which the progenitors of this successful comic-book adaptation figured they had to go in a new direction--and chose the wrong one. For starters, they recruited comedian Richard Pryor, who was the kiss of death for almost every movie he was in except his own concert films. He plays a computer specialist who is hired by a criminal mastermind (Robert Vaughan) to help him take on Superman by exposing him to a new form of Kryptonite: red Kryptonite, which always had unpredictable effects in the comic books. In this film, it splits Superman in two, dividing his good self from his dark side. The special effects had gone about as far as they could, and this movie strains to hold an audience's interest for its full running length. --Marshall Fine
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Richard Lester | ... |
Writers (4) | Credit |
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David Newman | (screenplay) and |
Jerry Siegel | (creator: Superman) and |
Joe Shuster | (creator: Superman) |
Leslie Newman | (screenplay) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Ken Thorne | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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John Victor-Smith | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Robert Paynter | ... |
Actors (53) | Credit |
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Aaron Smolinski | Boy at Photo Booth (uncredited) |
Al Matthews | Fire Chief |
Annette O'Toole | Lana Lang |
Annie Ross | Vera |
Barry Dennen | Dr. McClean |
Bill Reimbold | Wages Man |
Bob Todd | Dignified Gent |
Christopher Malcolm | Miner #1 (as Chris Malcolm) |
Christopher Reeve | Superman / Clark Kent |
David Fielder | Olympic Runner |
David Winning | Commuter (uncredited) |
Derek Lyons | Commuter (uncredited) |
Enid Saunders | Minnie Bannister |
Frank Oz | Brain Surgeon (scenes deleted) |
Gavan O'Herlihy | Brad |
Geoffrey Steele | Man in Elevator (uncredited) |
George Chisholm | Street Sweeper |
Gordon Rollings | Man in Cap |
Gordon Signer | Mayor |
Graham Stark | Blind Man |
Grant Lowe | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
Helen Horton | Miss Henderson |
Henry Woolf | Penguin Man |
Jackie Cooper | Perry White |
John Bluthal | Pisa Vendor |
Justin Case | Mime |
Kevin Harrison Cork | D.J. |
Larry Lamb | Miner #2 |
Les Kimber | Bus Driver (uncredited) |
Lou Hirsch | Fred |
Marc McClure | Jimmy Olsen |
Margot Kidder | Lois Lane |
Mildred Shay | Woman in Elevator (uncredited) |
Nancy Roberts | Unemployment Clerk |
Pamela Mandell | Mrs. Stokis |
Pamela Stephenson | Lorelei |
Pat Starr | White Coated Scientist |
Paul Kaethler | Ricky |
Peter Wear | Bank Robber |
Peter Whitman | Man at Cash Point |
Philip Gilbert | Newsreader |
Richard Pryor | Gus Gorman |
R.J. Bell | Mr. Stokis |
Robert Beatty | Tanker Captain |
Robert Henderson | Mr. Simpson |
Robert Vaughn | Ross Webster |
Ronnie Brody | Husband |
Roy Alon | Man Trapped in Car (uncredited) |
Sandra Dickinson | Wife |
Shane Rimmer | State Policeman |
Stan Edmonds | Applauding Man (uncredited) |
Stefan Kalipha | Data School Instructor |
Terry Camilleri | Delivery Man |