Directed by Bob Clark Written by Jean Shepherd   Leigh Brown   Bob Clark   Cast Melinda Dillon ... Mother Parker Darren McGavin ... The Old Man Parker Scott Schwartz ... Flick Jean Shepherd ... Ralphie as an Adult (voice) Ian Petrella ... Randy Parker Tedde Moore ... Miss Shields R.D. Robb ... Schwartz Zack Ward ... Scut Farkus Yano Anaya ... Grover Dill Jeff Gillen ... Santa Claus Peter Billingsley ... Ralphie Parker Colin Fox ... Ming the Merciless (scenes deleted) Paul Hubbard ... Flash Gordon (scenes deleted) Leslie Carlson ... Christmas Tree Man (as Les Carlson) Jim Hunter ... Freight Man Patty Johnson ... Head Elf Drew Hocevar ... Male Elf David Svoboda ... Kid with Goggles Dwayne McLean ... Black Bart Helen E. Kaider ... Wicked Witch John Wong ... Chinese Father Johan Sebastian Wong ... Waiter #1 Fred Lee ... Waiter #2 Dan Ma ... Waiter #3 Rocco Bellusci ... Street Kid Tommy Wallace ... Boy in School Uncredited Cast Court Benson ... Pierre Andre Leigh Brown ... Red Hatted Curly Haired Woman in Line for Santa Bob Clark ... Swede Giada Del Drago ... Little Girl at Parade Dave Duff ... Firefighter Don Geyer ... The Scarecrow Kathryn Hayzer ... Church Goer Gary Jones ... Christmas Shopper John Kennedy ... Fire Chief at Schoolyard Bill Kravitz ... Billy Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio ... Boy Visiting Santa Julie Matthews ... Caroler Christine Powrie ... Screaming Girl on Slide After Ralphie Quinn Smith ... Flagpole Bully Sudent Kristephan Warren-Stevens ... Crowd Person Produced by Bob Clark   René Dupont   Gary Goch   Original Music by Paul Zaza Carl Zittrer

Additional Info Premiere: November 18, 1983 DVD Release: October 29, 1997 Blu-ray Release: November 04, 2008 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) Christmas Tree Films (uncredited) Distributors MGM/UA Entertainment Company   (1983) (USA) (theatrical) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) MGM Home Entertainment   (1984) (USA) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (1984) (USA) (video) (Betamax) MGM Home Entertainment   (1984) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (1988) (USA) (VHS) Showtime Networks   (1988) (USA) (TV) TBS Superstation   (1988) (USA) (TV) MGM Home Entertainment   (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) MGM Home Entertainment   (1994) (USA) (VHS) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (1994) (USA) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (1997) (USA) (DVD) TNT   (1997) (USA) (TV) KTLA   (1997) (USA) (TV) (syndication) MGM Home Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (VHS) WPIX   (1997) (USA) (TV) (syndication) Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)   (1998) (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video   (1999) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (1999) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2003) (USA) (DVD) (20th Anniversary 2-Disc Special Edition DVD) Warner Home Video   (2006) (USA) (DVD) (HD-DVD) Warner Home Video   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2008) (USA) (Blu-ray) Warner Home Video   (2010) (USA) (Blu-ray) Warner Home Video   (2013) (USA) (Blu-ray) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2018) (USA) (Blu-ray) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2018) (USA) (DVD) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2022) (USA) (Blu-ray) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2022) (USA) (DVD) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2022) (USA) (all media) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) Cartoon Network   (2021) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.5 / 10 Our Rating 7.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.2 / 10 Female Users 5.0 / 10 Site Ranking #1,105 / 20,725 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 7 total ratings Average 3 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,101 She's The Man (2006) #1,102 The Founder (2016) #1,103 The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) #1,104 Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) #1,105 A Christmas Story (1983) #1,106 The Lego Batman Movie (2017) #1,107 The King's Man (2021) #1,108 Halloween (2018) #1,109 The Virgin Suicides (1999)