Cast
- Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier
- Dakota Fanning as Rachel Ferrier
- Justin Chatwin as Robbie Ferrier
- Miranda Otto as Mary Ann Davis
- Tim Robbins as Harlan Ogilvy
- Rick Gonzalez as Vincent
- Lenny Venito as Manny the Mechanic
- Lisa Ann Walter as Cheryl
- Ann Robinson as Grandmother, played a lead role in the 1953 film.
- Gene Barry as Grandfather, played a lead role in the 1953 film.
- David Alan Basche as Tim
- Roz Abrams as Herself
- Camillia Sanes as News Producer
- Amy Ryan as Neighbor with Toddler
- Morgan Freeman as the narrator
- Channing Tatum as Boy in Church Scene (uncredited)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Alien vocals (uncredited)
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