The Right Stuff (1983)
A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper.
GENRES:
Adventure • Drama • History
DIRECTION:
Philip Kaufman
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Cast & Characters
| 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 |
| Harry Shearer | NASA Recruiter |
| Scott Paulin | Deke Slayton |
| Jeff Goldblum | NASA Recruiter |