The Right Stuff (1983)
How the future began.
193 min
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.
- Release date
- October 21, 1983
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $27,000,000
- Box office
- $21,500,000
Trailer
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
Crew
- Philip Kaufman · Director
- Philip Kaufman · Writer
- Tom Wolfe · Writer
- Robert Chartoff · Producer
- Irwin Winkler · Producer
- Bill Conti · Composer
- Caleb Deschanel · Cinematographer
- Glenn Farr · Editor
- Lisa Fruchtman · Editor
- Tom Rolf · Editor
- Stephen A. Rotter · Editor
- Lynn Stalmaster · Casting director
- Geoffrey Kirkland · Production designer
- Gene Rudolf · Production designer