Sam Shepard
Capt/Col. Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot
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- Scott GlennCapt. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Mercury Astronaut
- Ed HarrisMaj. John Herschel Glenn Jr., Mercury Astronaut
- Dennis QuaidGordon Cooper
- Fred WardGus Grissom
- Barbara HersheyGlennis Yeager
- Kim StanleyPancho Barnes
- Veronica CartwrightBetty Grissom
- Jane DornackerThe Right Stuff
- Kathy BakerLouise Shepard
Scott PaulinDeke Slayton- Charles FrankScott Carpenter
The Right Stuff (1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The film stars Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, and Barbara Hershey; Levon Helm narrates and plays Air Force test pilot Jack Ridley . The Right Stuff was a box-office bomb, grossing about $21 million (domestically) against a $27 million budget.
Feb 17, 1984 · The Right Stuff: Directed by Philip Kaufman. With Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid. The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
- (65K)
- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Philip Kaufman
- 1984-02-17
The Right Stuff - Full Cast & Crew. 91 Metascore. 1983. 3 hr 13 mins. Drama, Action & Adventure. PG. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A profile of the early days of the American space program that...
- Philip Kaufman
Charles Frank. Scott Carpenter. Lance Henriksen. Wally Schirra. Donald Moffat. Lyndon B. Johnson. Levon Helm. Jack Ridley / Narrator. Mary Jo Deschanel. Annie Glenn. Scott Wilson. Scott Crossfield. Kathy Baker. Louise Shepard. Mickey Crocker.
Mar 16, 2002 · Rent. Powered by JustWatch. Two men haunt Philip Kaufman's "The Right Stuff" (1983), the story of America's first steps into space. One speaks little, the other hardly at all. The laconic one is Chuck Yeager, generally acknowledged as the best test pilot of all time, who judges himself by his achievements, not his words.
Cast & crew. User reviews. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Plot. The Right Stuff. Jump to Edit. Summaries. The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
