The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff (2024)

2024

Drama / History

7.5 from 10 with total 537 votes

1983-10-20

193 minutes

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.

Fred Ward character Gus Grissom

Dennis Quaid character Gordon Cooper

Ed Harris character John Glenn

Scott Glenn character Alan Shepard

Sam Shepard character Chuck Yeager

Barbara Hershey character Glennis Yeager

Lance Henriksen character Wally Schirra

Veronica Cartwright character Betty Grissom

Harry Shearer character NASA Recruiter

Jeff Goldblum character NASA Recruiter

Kim Stanley character Pancho Barnes

Pamela Reed character Trudy Cooper

Scott Paulin character Deke Slayton

Charles Frank character Scott Carpenter

Donald Moffat character Lyndon B. Johnson

Levon Helm character Jack Ridley / Narrator

Mary Jo Deschanel character Annie Glenn

Scott Wilson character Scott Crossfield

Kathy Baker character Louise Shepard

Mickey Crocker character Marge Slayton

Susan Kase character Rene Carpenter

Mittie Smith character Jo Schirra

Royal Dano character Minister

David Clennon character Liaison Man

Jim Haynie character Air Force Major

Anthony Munoz character Gonzales

John P. Ryan character Head of Program

William Russ character Slick Goodlin

Mary Apick character Woman Reporter

John Dehner character Henry Luce

David Gulpilil character Aborigine

O-Lan Jones character Girl at Pancho's

Chuck Yeager character Fred