Cast 58
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
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)
Crew 60
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration
Shari Rhodes
Casting
Clark L. Paylow
Producer
Juliet Taylor
Casting
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Michael Kahn
Editor
Steven Spielberg
Director
Julia Phillips
Producer
Joe Alves
Production Design
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Michael Phillips
Producer
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Edie Panda
Hairdresser
Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Supervisor
Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor
Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Charles Myers
Assistant Director
Bill Parks
Construction Manager
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director
John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography
László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography
Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant
Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography
Gail Siemers
Production Secretary
Harry Moreau
Animation
Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant
Joyce Goldberg
Production Secretary
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
George Jenson
Production Illustrator
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
Al Ebner
Publicist
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Murray Weissman
Publicist
Pete Turner
Still Photographer
Richard Oswald
Sound
J. Allen Hynek
Production Consultant
Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Bobby Bass
Stunts
Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Driver
Jerry Brutsche
Stunt Driver
Melvin Jones
Stunts
Monty Jordan
Utility Stunts
Stephen Powers
Stunts
Jeannie Epper
Stunts
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director
Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects