The Right Stuff
Movie
Type
1983
Year
3h 13m
Runtime
★ 7.5
Rating
Drama / History
Genre
A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra.
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Cast
Fred Ward
Gus Grissom
Dennis Quaid
Gordon Cooper
Ed Harris
John Glenn
Scott Glenn
Alan Shepard
Sam Shepard
Chuck Yeager
Barbara Hershey
Glennis Yeager
Lance Henriksen
Wally Schirra
Veronica Cartwright
Betty Grissom
Harry Shearer
NASA Recruiter
Jeff Goldblum
NASA Recruiter
Kim Stanley
Pancho Barnes
Pamela Reed
Trudy Cooper