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The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff1983

★7.4193 minDramaHistory

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Sam Shepard Scott Glenn Ed Harris

Cast66

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
M
Mickey Crocker
as Marge Slayton
S
Susan Kase
as Rene Carpenter
M
Mittie Smith
as Jo Schirra
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
J
Jane Dornacker
as Nurse Murch
A
Anthony Munoz
as Gonzales
John P. Ryan
as Head of Program
Darryl Henriques
as Life Reporter
Eric Sevareid
as Himself
William Russ
as Slick Goodlin
D
Drew Letchworth
as The Permanent Press Corps
C
Christopher P. Beale
as The Permanent Press Corps
R
Richard Dupell
as The Permanent Press Corps
William Hall
as The Permanent Press Corps
J
John X. Heart
as The Permanent Press Corps
E
Ed Holmes
as The Permanent Press Corps
J
Jack Bruno Tate
as The Permanent Press Corps
Edward Anhalt
as Grand Designer
Mary Apick
as Woman Reporter
R
Robert Beer
as Dwight D. Eisenhower
E
Erik Bergmann
as Eddie Hodges
J
James Brady
as Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
K
Katherine Conklin
as Woman TV Reporter
M
Maureen Coyne
as Waitress
T
Tom Dahlgren
as Bell Aircraft Executive
J
John Lion
as Bell Aircraft Executive
P
Peggy Davis
as Sally Rand
John Dehner
as Henry Luce
R
Robert Elross
as Review Board President
D
Drew Eshelman
as Assistant Scientist
R
Robert J. Geary
as Game Show M.C.
R
Royce Grones
as 1st X-1 Pilot
David Gulpilil
as Aborigine
A
Anthony Wallis
as Australian Driver
K
Kaaren Lee
as Young Widow
S
Sandy Kronemeyer
as Cocoa Beach Girl
F
Frankie Di
as Cocoa Beach Girl
Michael Pritchard
as Texan
E
Edward Corbett
as Texan
O-Lan Jones
as Girl at Pancho's
M
Mark Todd
as Astronaut Trainee
A
Allen Gebhardt
as Astronaut Trainee
Chuck Yeager
as Fred
M
Mimi Sarkisian
as New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)

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