
137 minutes
12/14/1977
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
as Federale

Luis Contreras
as Federale
Galen Thompson
as Special Forces
John Dennis Johnston
as Special Forces
Robert Broyles
as Dirty Tricks #3

George DiCenzo
as Major Benchley

Alexander Lockwood
as Implantee

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
as Air Traffic Controller
Craig Shreeve
as Air Traffic
Roy E. Richards
as Air East Pilot
Eumenio Blanco
as Federale
Dennis McMullen
as Radio Telescope Team
Cy Young
as Radio Telescope Team
Tom Howard
as Radio Telescope Team
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)