The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff (1983)

How the future began.

As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.

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  • Release Date: 1983-10-20
  • Runtime: 3h 13min
  • Director: Philip Kaufman

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Cast

  • Sam Shepard

    Chuck Yeager

  • Scott Glenn

    Alan Shepard

  • Ed Harris

    John Glenn

  • Dennis Quaid

    Gordon Cooper

  • Fred Ward

    Gus Grissom

  • Barbara Hershey

    Glennis Yeager

  • Kim Stanley

    Pancho Barnes

  • Veronica Cartwright

    Betty Grissom

  • Pamela Reed

    Trudy Cooper

  • Scott Paulin

    Deke Slayton

  • Charles Frank

    Scott Carpenter

  • Lance Henriksen

    Wally Schirra

  • Donald Moffat

    Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Levon Helm

    Jack Ridley / Narrator

  • Mary Jo Deschanel

    Annie Glenn

  • Scott Wilson

    Scott Crossfield

  • Kathy Baker

    Louise Shepard

  • Mickey Crocker

    Marge Slayton

  • Susan Kase

    Rene Carpenter

  • Mittie Smith

    Jo Schirra

  • Royal Dano

    Minister

  • David Clennon

    Liaison Man

  • Jim Haynie

    Air Force Major

  • Jeff Goldblum

    NASA Recruiter

  • Harry Shearer

    NASA Recruiter

  • Scott Beach

    Chief Scientist

  • Jane Dornacker

    Nurse Murch

  • Anthony Munoz

    Gonzales

  • John P. Ryan

    Head of Program

  • Darryl Henriques

    Life Reporter

  • Eric Sevareid

    Himself

  • William Russ

    Slick Goodlin

  • Drew Letchworth

    The Permanent Press Corps

  • Christopher P. Beale

    The Permanent Press Corps

  • Richard Dupell

    The Permanent Press Corps

  • William Hall

    The Permanent Press Corps

  • John X. Heart

    The Permanent Press Corps

  • Ed Holmes

    The Permanent Press Corps

  • Jack Bruno Tate

    The Permanent Press Corps

  • Edward Anhalt

    Grand Designer

  • Mary Apick

    Woman Reporter

  • Robert Beer

    Dwight D. Eisenhower

  • Erik Bergmann

    Eddie Hodges

  • James Brady

    Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Katherine Conklin

    Woman TV Reporter

  • Maureen Coyne

    Waitress

  • Tom Dahlgren

    Bell Aircraft Executive

  • John Lion

    Bell Aircraft Executive

  • Peggy Davis

    Sally Rand

  • John Dehner

    Henry Luce

  • Robert Elross

    Review Board President

  • Drew Eshelman

    Assistant Scientist

  • Robert J. Geary

    Game Show M.C.

  • Royce Grones

    1st X-1 Pilot

  • David Gulpilil

    Aborigine

  • Anthony Wallis

    Australian Driver

  • Kaaren Lee

    Young Widow

  • Sandy Kronemeyer

    Cocoa Beach Girl

  • Frankie Di

    Cocoa Beach Girl

  • Michael Pritchard

    Texan

  • Ed Corbett

    Texan

  • O-Lan Jones

    Girl at Pancho's

  • Mark Todd

    Astronaut Trainee

  • Allen Gebhardt

    Astronaut Trainee

  • Chuck Yeager

    Fred

  • Mimi Sarkisian

    New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)

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