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5.5

Superman III

PG·1983·125m

Comedy

Science Fiction

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Science Fiction

Action

Adventure

Summary

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.

Cast

Christopher Reeve

Clark Kent / Superman

Richard Pryor

August '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

Larry Lamb

2nd Miner

Geoffrey Steele

Man in Elevator

Jill Goldston

Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Barrie Holland

Man at Bowling Alley (uncredited)

Robert Pugh

Junkyard Worker (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Richard Lester

Characters

Jerry Siegel

Characters

Joe Shuster

Screenplay

David Newman

Screenplay

Leslie Newman

Reviews

Charles Dance

February 18, 2017

**Great sequel!**

A funny, exciting Superman movie that includes the greatest scene in the franchise - the junkyard fight between Evil Supes and his nerdy counterpart, Clark Kent.

Richard Pryor is hilarious as the hapless Gus Gorman - the computer programming genius with a heart. Robert Vaughn makes for a great villain and the special effects are top notch.

So much more entertaining than the tedious bile that would come in later years - Superman Returns and the Henry Cavill rubbish.

I remember sitting in the packed theater in 1983 and the whole audience thoroughly enjoying this - laughing and cheering in all the right places.

And for those who claim the film is too silly - do they not remember Ned Beatty as the cretin Otis in Superman and Superman II - surely the stupidest character to grace the series.

- Charles Dance