Science Fiction / Drama /

Score: 73.4%( 4344 votes )

Overview: 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:

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

Phil Dodds
ARP Musician

Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler

Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary

Adrienne Campbell
Sylvia Neary

Justin Dreyfuss
Toby Neary

Lance Henriksen
Robert

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

Gene Rader
Hawker

Daniel Nunez
Federale

Chuy Franco
Federale

Luis Contreras
Federale

Galen Thompson
Special Forces

John Dennis Johnston
Special Forces

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

Philip Dodds
Jean Claude

Mary Gafrey
Mrs. Harris

Michael J. Dyer
Himself

Roger Ernest
Highway Patrolman

Randy Hermann
Returnee #1 Flt. 19

David Anderson
Air Traffic Controller

Richard L. Hawkins
Air Traffic Controller

Craig Shreeve
Air Traffic

Roy E. Richards
Air East Pilot

Eumenio Blanco
Federale

Dennis McMullen
Radio Telescope Team

Cy Young
Radio Telescope Team

Tom Howard
Radio Telescope Team

Richard Stuart
Truck Dispatcher

Bob Westmoreland
Load Dispatcher

Matt Emery
Support Leader

John Ewing
Dirty Tricks #1

Kirk Raymond
Dirty Tricks #4

Keith Atkinson
Dirty Tricks #2

Monty Jordan
Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Basil Hoffman
Longly (uncredited)

Stephen Powers
UN Observer (uncredited)

J. Allen Hynek
Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)

Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith (uncredited)