The Right Stuff (1983) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Philip Kaufman.

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
• Donald Moffat as Lyndon B. Johnson
• Levon Helm as Jack Ridley / Narrator
• Mary Jo Deschanel as Annie Glenn
• Scott Wilson as Scott Crossfield
• Kathy Baker as Louise Shepard
• Mickey Crocker as Marge Slayton
• Susan Kase as Rene Carpenter
• Mittie Smith as Jo Schirra
• Royal Dano as Minister
• David Clennon as Liaison Man
• Jim Haynie as Air Force Major
• Jeff Goldblum as NASA Recruiter
• Harry Shearer as NASA Recruiter
• Scott Beach as Chief Scientist
• Jane Dornacker as Nurse Murch
• Anthony Munoz as Gonzales
• John P. Ryan as Head of Program
• Darryl Henriques as Life Reporter
• Eric Sevareid as Himself
• William Russ as Slick Goodlin
• Drew Letchworth as The Permanent Press Corps
• Christopher P. Beale as The Permanent Press Corps
• Richard Dupell as The Permanent Press Corps
• William Hall as The Permanent Press Corps
• John X. Heart as The Permanent Press Corps
• Ed Holmes as The Permanent Press Corps
• Jack Bruno Tate as The Permanent Press Corps
• Edward Anhalt as Grand Designer

Crew

• Tom Wolfe — Novel
• Philip Kaufman — Screenplay
• Philip Kaufman — Director
• Robert Chartoff — Producer
• Irwin Winkler — Producer
• Bill Conti — Original Music Composer
• Caleb Deschanel — Director of Photography

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