"After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen."
Richard Dreyfuss
as Roy Neary
François Truffaut
as Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr
as Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon
as Jillian Guiler
Bob Balaban
as David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara
as Project Leader
Warren J. Kemmerling
as Wild Bill
Roberts Blossom
as Farmer
Phil Dodds
as ARP Musician
Cary Guffey
as Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop
as Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell
as Sylvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss
as Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen
as Robert
Merrill Connally
as Team Leader
Amy Douglass
as Implantee
Gene Dynarski
as Ike
Carl Weathers
as Military Policeman
Norman Bartold
as Norman Bartold
F.J. O'Neil
as ARP Project Member
Hal Barwood
as Returnee #2 Flt. 19
Matthew Robbins
as Returnee #3 Flt. 19
Gene Rader
as Hawker
Daniel Nunez
as Federale
Chuy Franco
Luis Contreras
Galen Thompson
as Special Forces
John Dennis Johnston
Robert Broyles
as Dirty Tricks #3
George DiCenzo
as Major Benchley
Alexander Lockwood
Josef Sommer
as Larry Butler
Bill Thurman
as Air Traffic
James Keane
as Radio Telescope Team
Philip Dodds
as Jean Claude
Mary Gafrey
as Mrs. Harris
Michael J. Dyer
as Himself
Roger Ernest
as Highway Patrolman
Randy Hermann
as Returnee #1 Flt. 19
David Anderson
as Air Traffic Controller
Richard L. Hawkins
Craig Shreeve
Roy E. Richards
as Air East Pilot
Eumenio Blanco
Dennis McMullen
Cy Young
Tom Howard
Richard Stuart
as Truck Dispatcher
Bob Westmoreland
as Load Dispatcher
Matt Emery
as Support Leader
John Ewing
as Dirty Tricks #1
Kirk Raymond
as Dirty Tricks #4
Keith Atkinson
as Dirty Tricks #2
Monty Jordan
as Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Basil Hoffman
as Longly (uncredited)
Stephen Powers
as UN Observer (uncredited)
J. Allen Hynek
as Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith
as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration
Shari Rhodes
Casting
Clark L. Paylow
Producer
Juliet Taylor
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Michael Kahn
Editor
Director
Julia Phillips
Joe Alves
Production Design
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Michael Phillips
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Edie Panda
Hairdresser
Makeup Supervisor
Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor
Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Charles Myers
Assistant Director
Bill Parks
Construction Manager
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director
John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography
László Kovács
Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant
Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography
Gail Siemers
Production Secretary
Harry Moreau
Animation
Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant
Joyce Goldberg
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
George Jenson
Production Illustrator
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Don MacDougall
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
Al Ebner
Publicist
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Peter Sorel
Murray Weissman
Pete Turner
Richard Oswald
Sound
Production Consultant
Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Bobby Bass
Craig R. Baxley
Jerry Brutsche
Melvin Jones
Utility Stunts
Jeannie Epper
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director
Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects