Movie
The Right Stuff
Overview
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
Details
- Release date
- 1983-10-20
- Runtime
- 193 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Ladd Company, Winkler Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager
- Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard
- Ed Harris as John Glenn
- Dennis Quaid as Gordon Cooper
- Fred Ward as Gus Grissom
- Barbara Hershey as Glennis Yeager
- Kim Stanley as Pancho Barnes
- Veronica Cartwright as Betty Grissom
- Pamela Reed as Trudy Cooper
- Scott Paulin as Deke Slayton
- Charles Frank as Scott Carpenter
- Lance Henriksen as Wally Schirra
Crew
- Philip Kaufman - Director
- Philip Kaufman - Screenplay
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