
The Right Stuff
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.
The Right Stuff
October 20, 1983
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Cast (66)

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)
Crew (44)
Directing

Philip Kaufman
Director

Alice Tompkins
Script Supervisor
Writing

Tom Wolfe
Novel

Philip Kaufman
Screenplay
Production

Robert Chartoff
Producer

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting

James D. Brubaker
Executive Producer

Susan Roether
Production Secretary

Irwin Winkler
Producer
Sound

Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editor

Pat Jackson
Sound Effects Editor

Bill Conti
Original Music Composer

Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David MacMillan
Production Sound Mixer

Todd Boekelheide
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Tim Holland
Sound Effects Editor

Karen G. Wilson
Sound Effects Editor

John Benson
Sound Effects Editor

Andy Wiskes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jay Boekelheide
Supervising Sound Editor

Thomas Scott
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art

Geoffrey Kirkland
Production Design

Richard Lawrence
Art Direction

George R. Nelson
Set Decoration

Jim Poynter
Set Decoration

Peter R. Romero
Art Direction

W. Stewart Campbell
Art Direction
Camera

Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography

Ted Churchill
Steadicam Operator

Harry Mathias
Steadicam Operator
Costume & Make-Up

Catherine Childers
Hairstylist

Yvonne Curry
Makeup Artist

Karen Bradley
Makeup Artist

Pat Grover
Hairstylist

Bruce Geller
Hairstylist
Crew

Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Editing

Tom Rolf
Editor

Stephen A. Rotter
Editor

Glenn Farr
Editor

Lisa Fruchtman
Editor

Douglas Stewart
Editor
Lighting
No data availableVisual Effects

Jordan Belson
Visual Effects

Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor