"We are not alone."

1977

2h 17m

7.3(4374 votes)

Science Fiction

Drama

Overview

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.

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58 members

Acting

Richard Dreyfuss

Roy Neary

Directing

François Truffaut

Claude Lacombe

Acting

Teri Garr

Ronnie Neary

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Melinda Dillon

Jillian Guiler

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Bob Balaban

David Laughlin

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J. Patrick McNamara

Project Leader

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Warren J. Kemmerling

Wild Bill

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Roberts Blossom

Farmer

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Phil Dodds

ARP Musician

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Cary Guffey

Barry Guiler

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Shawn Bishop

Brad Neary

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Adrienne Campbell

Sylvia Neary

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Justin Dreyfuss

Toby Neary

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Lance Henriksen

Robert

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Merrill Connally

Team Leader

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Amy Douglass

Implantee

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Gene Dynarski

Ike

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Carl Weathers

Military Policeman

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Norman Bartold

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F.J. O'Neil

ARP Project Member

Writing

Hal Barwood

Returnee #2 Flt. 19

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Writing

Matthew Robbins

Returnee #3 Flt. 19

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Gene Rader

Hawker

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Daniel Nunez

Federale

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Chuy Franco

Federale

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Luis Contreras

Federale

Writing

Galen Thompson

Special Forces

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John Dennis Johnston

Special Forces

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Robert Broyles

Dirty Tricks #3

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George DiCenzo

Major Benchley

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Alexander Lockwood

Implantee

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Josef Sommer

Larry Butler

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Bill Thurman

Air Traffic

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James Keane

Radio Telescope Team

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Philip Dodds

Jean Claude

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Mary Gafrey

Mrs. Harris

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Michael J. Dyer

Himself

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Roger Ernest

Highway Patrolman

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Randy Herman

Returnee #1 Flt. 19

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David Anderson

Air Traffic Controller

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Richard L. Hawkins

Air Traffic Controller

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Craig Shreeve

Air Traffic

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Roy E. Richards

Air East Pilot

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Eumenio Blanco

Federale

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Dennis McMullen

Radio Telescope Team

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Cy Young

Radio Telescope Team

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Tom Howard

Radio Telescope Team

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Richard Stuart

Truck Dispatcher

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Costume & Make-Up

Bob Westmoreland

Load Dispatcher

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Matt Emery

Support Leader

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John Ewing

Dirty Tricks #1

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Kirk Raymond

Dirty Tricks #4

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Keith Atkinson

Dirty Tricks #2

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Monty Jordan

Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

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Basil Hoffman

Longly (uncredited)

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Stephen Powers

UN Observer (uncredited)

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J. Allen Hynek

Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)

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Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

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