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cast: 56
crew: 26
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# Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987): cast and crew

56 cast and 26 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Christopher Reeve](https://film.one/person/christopher-reeve.md) as Clark Kent / Superman
- [Margot Kidder](https://film.one/person/margot-kidder.md) as Lois Lane
- [Gene Hackman](https://film.one/person/gene-hackman.md) as Lex Luthor
- [Mariel Hemingway](https://film.one/person/mariel-hemingway.md) as Lacy Warfield
- [Jackie Cooper](https://film.one/person/jackie-cooper.md) as Perry White
- [Marc McClure](https://film.one/person/marc-mcclure.md) as Jimmy Olsen
- [Jon Cryer](https://film.one/person/jon-cryer.md) as Lenny
- [Sam Wanamaker](https://film.one/person/sam-wanamaker.md) as David Warfield
- [Mark Pillow](https://film.one/person/mark-pillow.md) as Nuclear Man
- [Damian McLawhorn](https://film.one/person/damian-mclawhorn.md) as Jeremy
- [William Hootkins](https://film.one/person/william-hootkins.md) as Harry Howler
- [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md) as Jean Pierre Dubois
- Stanley Lebor as General Romoff
- [Don Fellows](https://film.one/person/don-fellows.md) as Levon Hornsby
- [Robert Beatty](https://film.one/person/robert-beatty.md) as U.S. President
- Bradley Lavelle as Tall Marshall
- Mac McDonald as Marshall #2
- Steve Plytas as Russian General #2
- Czeslaw Grocholski as Russian General 1
- John Hollis as Russian General 3 (Kremlin)
- Bob Sherman as Senator - Pentagon
- Eiji Kusuhara as U.N. Guard - Japanese
- Yuri Borienko as Russian General - Red Square
- Boris Isarov as Cosmonaut Captain
- Dorota Zięciowska as Cosmonaut
- [Jayne Brook](https://film.one/person/jayne-brook.md) as Teacher - JFK High School
- Susannah York as Lara (voice)
- Diana Hunter as Museum Tour Guide
- Indira Joshi as Secretary General U.N.
- Jiří Stanislav as Cosmonaut
- Ron Travis as Convict
- Matthew Freeman as Submariner
- Douglas W. Iles as Chief of Staff
- Ted Maynard as Army Chief
- Raymond Marlowe as Navy Chief
- John Cagon as Technician
- Malcolm Bullivant as U.N. Guard - Swedish
- Mark Caven as Priest - Boystown
- Nicholas Colicos as Paul - Metro Sports Club
- David Garth as First Elder
- [Esmond Knight](https://film.one/person/esmond-knight.md) as Second Elder
- Keith Edwards as Technician - Fort Mason
- Eugene Lipinski as Cosmonaut - Space Walker
- Dennis Creaghan as Bill Compton
- Philip Fox as Husband - Great Wall of China
- Jimmy Fung as Chinese Official - Great Wall of China
- Guinevere John as Tourist - Great Wall of China
- Peter Penry-Jones as Tourist - Great Wall of China
- Witold Schejbal as Russian Premiere
- Rex Robinson as Engineer - Subway
- Kerry Shale as MBC Newscaster
- Samantha Weysom as Lex Luther Girlfriend
- Kenneth Coombs as Reporter
- Stephanie English as Woman in Crowd
- Jill Goldston as Commuter (uncredited)
- Colin Hunt as Sergeant York (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Sidney J. Furie](https://film.one/person/sidney-j-furie.md): Director
- David Lane: Second Unit Director

## Writing

- [Mark Rosenthal](https://film.one/person/mark-rosenthal.md): Screenplay, Story
- [Lawrence Konner](https://film.one/person/lawrence-konner.md): Screenplay, Story
- Joe Shuster: Characters
- [Christopher Reeve](https://film.one/person/christopher-reeve.md): Story
- Jerry Siegel: Characters

## Production

- [Yoram Globus](https://film.one/person/yoram-globus.md): Producer
- [Menahem Golan](https://film.one/person/menahem-golan.md): Producer
- Graham Easton: Associate Producer
- Michael J. Kagan: Executive Producer
- [Adam Somner](https://film.one/person/adam-somner.md): Production Runner

## Camera

- [Ernest Day](https://film.one/person/ernest-day.md): Director of Photography
- David James: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [John Shirley](https://film.one/person/john-shirley.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Alexander Courage](https://film.one/person/alexander-courage.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- [John Graysmark](https://film.one/person/john-graysmark.md): Production Design

## Costume and make-up

- Stuart Freeborn: Makeup Department Head
- [John Bloomfield](https://film.one/person/john-bloomfield.md): Costume Design

## Visual effects

- Harrison Ellenshaw: Visual Effects Supervisor

## Crew

- Paul Fishman: Additional Music
- Tina Maskell: Stunts
- Alf Joint: Stunt Coordinator
- Elaine Ford: Stunts
- Sarah Franzl: Stunts
- James Payne: Stand In

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