The Right Stuff
Drama
History
Adventure
How the future began.
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
1983-10-20
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Cast
Director
Philip Kaufman
Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager
Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard
Ed Harris as John Glenn
Dennis Quaid as Gordon Cooper
Fred Ward as Gus Grissom
Barbara Hershey as Glennis Yeager
Kim Stanley as Pancho Barnes
Veronica Cartwright as Betty Grissom
Pamela Reed as Trudy Cooper
Scott Paulin as Deke Slayton
Charles Frank as Scott Carpenter
Lance Henriksen as Wally Schirra
Donald Moffat as Lyndon B. Johnson
Levon Helm as Jack Ridley / Narrator
Mary Jo Deschanel as Annie Glenn
Scott Wilson as Scott Crossfield
Kathy Baker as Louise Shepard
Royal Dano as Minister
David Clennon as Liaison Man
Jim Haynie as Air Force Major
Jeff Goldblum as NASA Recruiter
Harry Shearer as NASA Recruiter
Scott Beach as Chief Scientist
John P. Ryan as Head of Program
Darryl Henriques as Life Reporter
Eric Sevareid as Himself
William Russ as Slick Goodlin
William Hall as The Permanent Press Corps
Edward Anhalt as Grand Designer
Mary Apick as Woman Reporter
John Dehner as Henry Luce
David Gulpilil as Aborigine
Michael Pritchard as Texan
O-Lan Jones as Girl at Pancho's
Chuck Yeager as Fred
Mimi Sarkisian as New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)