The Right Stuff

Release date: Oct 20, 1983

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.

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Top Cast

Chuck Yeager

Alan Shepard

John Glenn

Gordon Cooper

Gus Grissom

Glennis Yeager

Pancho Barnes

Betty Grissom

Trudy Cooper

Deke Slayton

Scott Carpenter

Wally Schirra

Lyndon B. Johnson

Jack Ridley / Narrator

Annie Glenn

Scott Crossfield

Louise Shepard

Marge Slayton

Rene Carpenter

Jo Schirra

Minister

Liaison Man

Air Force Major

NASA Recruiter

NASA Recruiter

Chief Scientist

Nurse Murch

Gonzales

Head of Program

Life Reporter

Himself

Slick Goodlin

The Permanent Press Corps

The Permanent Press Corps

The Permanent Press Corps

The Permanent Press Corps

The Permanent Press Corps

The Permanent Press Corps

The Permanent Press Corps

Grand Designer

Woman Reporter

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Eddie Hodges

Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson

Woman TV Reporter

Waitress

Bell Aircraft Executive

Bell Aircraft Executive

Sally Rand

Henry Luce

Review Board President

Assistant Scientist

Game Show M.C.

1st X-1 Pilot

Aborigine

Australian Driver

Young Widow

Cocoa Beach Girl

Cocoa Beach Girl

Texan

Texan

Girl at Pancho's

Astronaut Trainee

Astronaut Trainee

Fred

New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)

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