Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Steven Spielberg.

Cast

• 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
• Phil Dodds as ARP Musician
• Cary Guffey as Barry Guiler
• Shawn Bishop as Brad Neary
• Adrienne Campbell as Sylvia Neary
• Justin Dreyfuss as Toby Neary
• Lance Henriksen as Robert
• Merrill Connally as Team Leader
• 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
• Gene Rader as Hawker
• Daniel Nunez as Federale
• Chuy Franco as Federale
• Luis Contreras as Federale
• Galen Thompson as Special Forces
• John Dennis Johnston as Special Forces
• 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
• Philip Dodds as Jean Claude
• Mary Gafrey as Mrs. Harris
• Michael J. Dyer as Himself
• Roger Ernest as Highway Patrolman
• Randy Herman as Returnee #1 Flt. 19
• David Anderson as Air Traffic Controller

Crew

• Steven Spielberg — Writer
• John Williams — Original Music Composer
• Steven Spielberg — Director
• Julia Phillips — Producer
• Vilmos Zsigmond — Director of Photography
• Michael Phillips — Producer
• William A. Fraker — Director of Photography
• Douglas Slocombe — Director of Photography

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