The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff (1983)

How the future began.

Drama History Adventure

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.

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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

  • Edward 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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