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The Right Stuff

74 %|Oct 20, 1983|Drama, History, Adventure

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.

Featured Crew

Tom Wolfe
Novel
Philip Kaufman
Screenplay
Philip Kaufman
Director
James D. Brubaker
Executive Producer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Producer
Bill Conti
Original Music Composer
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography

Cast

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Sam Shepard
Chuck Yeager
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Scott Glenn
Alan Shepard
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Ed Harris
John Glenn
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Dennis Quaid
Gordon Cooper
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Fred Ward
Gus Grissom
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Barbara Hershey
Glennis Yeager
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Kim Stanley
Pancho Barnes
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Veronica Cartwright
Betty Grissom
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Pamela Reed
Trudy Cooper
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Scott Paulin
Deke Slayton
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Charles Frank
Scott Carpenter
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Lance Henriksen
Wally Schirra
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Donald Moffat
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Levon Helm
Jack Ridley / Narrator
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Scott Wilson
Scott Crossfield
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Kathy Baker
Louise Shepard
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Mickey Crocker
Marge Slayton
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Susan Kase
Rene Carpenter
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Mittie Smith
Jo Schirra
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Royal Dano
Minister
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David Clennon
Liaison Man
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Jim Haynie
Air Force Major
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Jeff Goldblum
NASA Recruiter
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Harry Shearer
NASA Recruiter
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Scott Beach
Chief Scientist
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Jane Dornacker
Nurse Murch
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John P. Ryan
Head of Program
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Darryl Henriques
Life Reporter
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William Russ
Slick Goodlin
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Drew Letchworth
The Permanent Press Corps
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Christopher P. Beale
The Permanent Press Corps
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Richard Dupell
The Permanent Press Corps
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William Hall
The Permanent Press Corps
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John X. Heart
The Permanent Press Corps
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Ed Holmes
The Permanent Press Corps
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Jack Bruno Tate
The Permanent Press Corps
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Edward Anhalt
Grand Designer
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Mary Apick
Woman Reporter
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Robert Beer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Erik Bergmann
Eddie Hodges
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James Brady
Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
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Katherine Conklin
Woman TV Reporter
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Tom Dahlgren
Bell Aircraft Executive
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John Lion
Bell Aircraft Executive
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Peggy Davis
Sally Rand
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John Dehner
Henry Luce
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Robert Elross
Review Board President
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Drew Eshelman
Assistant Scientist
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Robert J. Geary
Game Show M.C.
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Royce Grones
1st X-1 Pilot
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Anthony Wallis
Australian Driver
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Kaaren Lee
Young Widow
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Sandy Kronemeyer
Cocoa Beach Girl
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Frankie Di
Cocoa Beach Girl
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O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's
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Mark Todd
Astronaut Trainee
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Allen Gebhardt
Astronaut Trainee
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Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)