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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977

★7.4137 minScience FictionDrama

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.

Director

Steven Spielberg

Writer

Steven Spielberg

Score

Stars

Richard Dreyfuss François Truffaut Teri Garr

Cast58

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
P
Phil Dodds
as ARP Musician
Cary Guffey
as Barry Guiler
S
Shawn Bishop
as Brad Neary
A
Adrienne Campbell
as Sylvia Neary
J
Justin Dreyfuss
as Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen
as Robert
M
Merrill Connally
as Team Leader
A
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
G
Gene Rader
as Hawker
D
Daniel Nunez
as Federale
C
Chuy Franco
as Federale
Luis Contreras
as Federale
G
Galen Thompson
as Special Forces
John Dennis Johnston
as Special Forces
R
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
P
Philip Dodds
as Jean Claude
M
Mary Gafrey
as Mrs. Harris
M
Michael J. Dyer
as Himself
R
Roger Ernest
as Highway Patrolman
R
Randy Herman
as Returnee #1 Flt. 19
D
David Anderson
as Air Traffic Controller
R
Richard L. Hawkins
as Air Traffic Controller
C
Craig Shreeve
as Air Traffic
R
Roy E. Richards
as Air East Pilot
E
Eumenio Blanco
as Federale
D
Dennis McMullen
as Radio Telescope Team
C
Cy Young
as Radio Telescope Team
Tom Howard
as Radio Telescope Team
R
Richard Stuart
as Truck Dispatcher
B
Bob Westmoreland
as Load Dispatcher
M
Matt Emery
as Support Leader
J
John Ewing
as Dirty Tricks #1
K
Kirk Raymond
as Dirty Tricks #4
K
Keith Atkinson
as Dirty Tricks #2
M
Monty Jordan
as Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Basil Hoffman
as Longly (uncredited)
S
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)

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