Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

We are not alone.

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.

Cast (58)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Richard Dreyfuss

Roy Neary

François Truffaut

Claude Lacombe

Teri Garr

Ronnie Neary

Melinda Dillon

Jillian Guiler

Bob Balaban

David Laughlin

J. Patrick McNamara

Project Leader

Warren J. Kemmerling

Wild Bill

Roberts Blossom

Farmer

P

Phil Dodds

ARP Musician

Cary Guffey

Barry Guiler

S

Shawn Bishop

Brad Neary

A

Adrienne Campbell

Sylvia Neary

J

Justin Dreyfuss

Toby Neary

Lance Henriksen

Robert

M

Merrill Connally

Team Leader

Amy Douglass

Implantee

Gene Dynarski

Ike

Carl Weathers

Military Policeman

Norman Bartold

Norman Bartold

F.J. O'Neil

ARP Project Member

Hal Barwood

Returnee #2 Flt. 19

Matthew Robbins

Returnee #3 Flt. 19

G

Gene Rader

Hawker

D

Daniel Nunez

Federale

C

Chuy Franco

Federale

Luis Contreras

Federale

G

Galen Thompson

Special Forces

John Dennis Johnston

Special Forces

R

Robert Broyles

Dirty Tricks #3

George DiCenzo

Major Benchley

Alexander Lockwood

Implantee

Josef Sommer

Larry Butler

Bill Thurman

Air Traffic

James Keane

Radio Telescope Team

P

Philip Dodds

Jean Claude

M

Mary Gafrey

Mrs. Harris

M

Michael J. Dyer

Himself

R

Roger Ernest

Highway Patrolman

R

Randy Herman

Returnee #1 Flt. 19

D

David Anderson

Air Traffic Controller

R

Richard L. Hawkins

Air Traffic Controller

C

Craig Shreeve

Air Traffic

R

Roy E. Richards

Air East Pilot

E

Eumenio Blanco

Federale

D

Dennis McMullen

Radio Telescope Team

C

Cy Young

Radio Telescope Team

Tom Howard

Radio Telescope Team

R

Richard Stuart

Truck Dispatcher

B

Bob Westmoreland

Load Dispatcher

M

Matt Emery

Support Leader

J

John Ewing

Dirty Tricks #1

K

Kirk Raymond

Dirty Tricks #4

K

Keith Atkinson

Dirty Tricks #2

M

Monty Jordan

Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Basil Hoffman

Longly (uncredited)

S

Stephen Powers

UN Observer (uncredited)

J. Allen Hynek

Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

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