The Right Stuff poster
  • Year: 1983
  • Running time: 3h 13m
  • Rated: PG
  • Genre: Drama, History
  • US release: 1983
  • IMDb

The Right Stuff

How the future began.

Directed by Philip Kaufman

1984 Academy Awards® Best Picture Nominee. The story of America’s first astronauts and the challenges of early space exploration.

Cast

Sam ShepardChuck Yeager
Scott GlennAlan Shepard
Ed HarrisJohn Glenn
Dennis QuaidGordon Cooper
Fred WardGus Grissom
Barbara HersheyGlennis Yeager
Kim StanleyPancho Barnes
Veronica CartwrightBetty Grissom
Pamela ReedTrudy Cooper
Scott PaulinDeke Slayton

Crew

Bill ContiComposer
Philip KaufmanScreenplay, Director
Caleb DeschanelDirector of Photography
Tom RolfEditor

Studios: The Ladd Company, Winkler Films

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