Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
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Cast of Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Richard DreyfussRoy Neary
François TruffautClaude Lacombe
Teri GarrRonnie Neary
Linda DillonJillian Guiler
Bob BalabanDavid Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamaraProject Leader
Warren J. KemmerlingWild Bill
Roberts BlossomFarmer
Phil DoddsARP Musician
Cary GuffeyBarry Guiler
Shawn BishopBrad Neary
Adrienne CampbellSylvia Neary
Justin DreyfussToby Neary
Lance HenriksenRobert
Merrill ConnallyTeam Leader
Amy DouglassImplantee
Carl WeathersMilitary Policeman
Norman BartoldNorman Bartold
F.J. O'NeilARP Project Member
Hal BarwoodReturnee #2 Flt. 19
Matthew RobbinsReturnee #3 Flt. 19
Gene RaderHawker
Daniel NunezFederale
Chuy FrancoFederale
Luis ContrerasFederale
Galen ThompsonSpecial Forces
John Dennis JohnstonSpecial Forces
Robert BroylesDirty Tricks #3
Monty JordanSpecial Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Basil HoffmanLongly (uncredited)
Stephen PowersUN Observer (uncredited)
George DiCenzoMajor Benchley
Alexander LockwoodImplantee
Josef SommerLarry Butler
Bill ThurmanAir Traffic
James KeaneRadio Telescope Team
J. Allen HynekHimself - Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)
Howard K. SmithHoward K. Smith (uncredited)
Philip DoddsJean Claude
Mary GafreyMrs. Harris
Michael J. DyerHimself
Roger ErnestHighway Patrolman
Randy HermannReturnee #1 Flt. 19
David AndersonAir Traffic Controller
Richard L. HawkinsAir Traffic Controller
Craig ShreeveAir Traffic
Roy E. RichardsAir East Pilot
Eumenio BlancoFederale
Dennis McMullenRadio Telescope Team
Cy YoungRadio Telescope Team
Tom HowardRadio Telescope Team
Richard StuartTruck Dispatcher
Bob WestmorelandLoad Dispatcher
Matt EmerySupport Leader
John EwingDirty Tricks #1
Kirk RaymondDirty Tricks #4
Keith AtkinsonDirty Tricks #2
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