Close Encounters of the Third Kind
December 14, 1977
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 and crew
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Steven Spielberg
Director
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
PD
Phil Dodds
ARP Musician
Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
SB
Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary
AC
Adrienne Campbell
Sylvia Neary
JD
Justin Dreyfuss
Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen
Robert
MC
Merrill Connally
Team Leader
AD
Amy Douglass
Implantee
Gene Dynarski
Ike
Carl Weathers
Military Policeman
Norman Bartold
Norman Bartold
F.J. O'Neil
ARP Project Member
HB
Hal Barwood
Returnee #2 Flt. 19
Matthew Robbins
Returnee #3 Flt. 19
GR
Gene Rader
Hawker
DN
Daniel Nunez
Federale
CF
Chuy Franco
Federale
Luis Contreras
Federale
GT
Galen Thompson
Special Forces
John Dennis Johnston
Special Forces
RB
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
PD
Philip Dodds
Jean Claude
MG
Mary Gafrey
Mrs. Harris
MJD
Michael J. Dyer
Himself
RE
Roger Ernest
Highway Patrolman
RH
Randy Hermann
Returnee #1 Flt. 19
DA
David Anderson
Air Traffic Controller
RLH
Richard L. Hawkins
Air Traffic Controller
CS
Craig Shreeve
Air Traffic
RER
Roy E. Richards
Air East Pilot
EB
Eumenio Blanco
Federale
DM
Dennis McMullen
Radio Telescope Team
CY
Cy Young
Radio Telescope Team
TH
Tom Howard
Radio Telescope Team
RS
Richard Stuart
Truck Dispatcher
BW
Bob Westmoreland
Load Dispatcher
ME
Matt Emery
Support Leader
JE
John Ewing
Dirty Tricks #1
KR
Kirk Raymond
Dirty Tricks #4
KA
Keith Atkinson
Dirty Tricks #2
MJ
Monty Jordan
Special Forces Commander
Basil Hoffman
Longly (uncredited)
SP
Stephen Powers
UN Observer (uncredited)
J. Allen Hynek
Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)
HKS
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith (uncredited)