The Right Stuff

Plot

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.

  • Philip Kaufman

    Director

  • Tom Wolfe

    Novel

  • Philip Kaufman

    Screenplay

  • Caleb Deschanel

    Director of Photography

  • Glenn Farr

    Editor

  • Lisa Fruchtman

    Editor

  • Tom Rolf

    Editor

  • Stephen A. Rotter

    Editor

  • Douglas Stewart

    Editor

  • 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

  • Runtime

    193 minutes

    Released

    1983-10-20

    Languages

    English

    Pусский

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    The Ladd Company

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Sound

  • Bill Conti

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    108 days ago

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