"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 Herman
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)
Michael Phillips
Producer
Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Clark L. Paylow
Shari Rhodes
Michael Kahn
Editor
Joe Alves
Production Design
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration
Steven Spielberg
Director
Julia Phillips
Writer
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Charles Myers
Assistant Director
Bill Parks
Construction Manager
Makeup Supervisor
Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sam Gordon
Property Master
László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography
Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director
Edie Panda
Hairdresser
Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor
Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant
Joyce Goldberg
Production Secretary
Gail Siemers
Harry Moreau
Animation
George Jenson
Production Illustrator
Don MacDougall
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Murray Weissman
Publicist
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
Al Ebner
Pete Turner
Jim Coe
Richard Oswald
Sound
Production Consultant
Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver
Stunts
Jeannie Epper
Craig R. Baxley
Denny Arnold
Jerry Brutsche
Utility Stunts
Bobby Bass
Melvin Jones
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director
Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects