cast
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Roy Neary
- François Truffaut
- Claude Lacombe
- Teri Garr
- Ronnie Neary
- Melinda Dillon
- Jillian Guiler
- Cary Guffey
- Barry Guiler
- Bob Balaban
- David Laughlin
- J. Patrick McNamara
- Project leader
- Warren Kemmerling
- Wild Bill
- Roberts Blossom
- Farmer
- Philip Dodds
- Jean Claude
- Shawn Bishop
- Brad Neary
- Adrienne Campbell
- Silvia Neary
- Justin Dreyfuss
- Toby Neary
- Merrill Connally
- Team Leader
- George DiCenzo
- Major Benchley
- Alexander Lockwood
- Implantee
- Amy Douglass
- Implantee
- Bill Thurman
- Air Traffic
- Carl Weathers
- M.P.
- Chuy Franco
- Federale
- David Anderson
- Air Traffic Controller
- Dennis McMullen
- Radio Telescope Team
- Eumenio Blanco
- Federale
- F.J. O'Neil
- ARP Project Member
- Galen Thompson
- Special Forces
- Gene Dynarski
- Ike
- Gene Rader
- Hawker
- Hal Barwood
- Returnee #2 Flt. 19
- James Keane
- Radio Telescope Team
- John Dennis Johnston
- Special Forces
- Jon Ewing
- Dirty Tricks #1
- Josef Sommer
- Larry Butler
- Keith Atkinson
- Dirty Tricks #2
- Lance Henriksen
- Robert
- Luis Contreras
- Federale
- Matt Emery
- Special Leader
- Matthew Robbins
- Returnee #3 Flt. 19
- Norman Bartold
- Ohio Tolls
- Randy Herman
- Returnee #1 Flt. 19
- Robert Broyles
- Dirty Tricks #3
crew
- Steven Spielberg
- Director, Screenwriter
- Jim Bloom
- Producer
- Julia Phillips
- Producer
- Michael Phillips
- Producer
- Jerry Belson
- Screenwriter
- Dave Stewart
- Cinematographer
- Dennis Muren
- Cinematographer
- Don Jarel
- Cinematographer
- Douglas Trumbull
- Cinematographer, Special Effects
- John A. Alonzo
- Cinematographer
- Laszlo Kovacs
- Cinematographer
- Richard Yuricich
- Cinematographer, Special Effects
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Cinematographer
- William A. Fraker
- Cinematographer
- John Williams
- Composer (Music Score)
- Michael Kahn
- Editor
- Joe Alves
- Production Designer
- John Loggia
- Production Designer
- Daniel Lomino
- Art Director
- Phillip Abramson
- Set Designer
- Jim Linn
- Costume Designer
- Buzz Knudson
- Sound/Sound Designer
- Don MacDougall
- Sound/Sound Designer
- Robert Glass
- Sound/Sound Designer
- Douglas Slocombe
- Special Effects
- Gregory Jein
- Special Effects
- Matthew Yuricich
- Special Effects
- Roy Arbogast
- Special Effects
- Chuck Myers
- First Assistant Director
- Steven Poster
- Camera Operator
- Allen Daviau
- Additional Cinematography
- Bob Westmoreland
- Makeup Supervisor
- Buddy Joe Hooker
- Stunts Coordinator
- Don Trumbull
- Mechanical Design
- Frank Warner
- Sound Effects Editor
- Gene S. Cantamessa
- Production Sound Mixer
- Ralph McQuarrie
- Conceptual Design
- Shari Rhodes
- Casting Director
- Tommy Johnson
- Musical Performer

