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The Right Stuff: Full Cast & Crew 1983 History/Drama
This adaptation of the non-fiction novel by Tom Wolfe chronicles the first 15 years of America's space program. By focusing on the lives of the Mercury astronauts, including John Glenn (Ed Harris) and Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn), the film recounts the dangers and frustrations experienced by those involved with NASA's earliest achievements. It also depicts their family lives and the personal crises they endured during an era of great political turmoil and technological innovation. PG Released: Sep 9, 1983 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Philip Kaufman Director, Writer Sam Shepard Capt, Col. Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Actor Scott Glenn Capt. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Mercury Astronaut Actor Ed Harris Maj. John Herschel Glenn Jr., Mercury Astronaut Actor Dennis Quaid Gordon Cooper Actor Fred Ward Gus Grissom Actor Barbara Hershey Glennis Yeager Actor Kim Stanley Pancho Barnes Actor Veronica Cartwright Betty Grissom Actor Jane Dornacker The Right Stuff Actor Kathy Baker Louise Shepard Actor Pamela Reed Trudy Cooper Actor Tom Wolfe Writer James D. Brubaker Executive Producer Robert Chartoff Producer Irwin Winkler Producer Todd Boekelheide Original Music Bill Conti Original Music Caleb Deschanel Cinematographer Glenn Farr Film Editing Lisa Fruchtman Film Editing Ernst Rolf Film Editing Lynn Stalmaster Casting Geoffrey Kirkland Production Design W. Stewart Campbell Art Director Richard Lawrence Art Director George R. Nelson Set Decoration