Sam Shepard
Capt/Col. Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot
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Cast
- 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
- Scott PaulinDeke Slayton
Kathy BakerLouise Shepard- Pamela ReedTrudy Cooper
The Right Stuff (1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
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- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Philip Kaufman
- 1984-02-17
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.
Tom Wolfe. Novel. Philip Kaufman. Screenplay. As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.
The Right Stuff - Full Cast & Crew. A profile of the early days of the American space program that focuses on the lives of the first astronauts, as well as that of Chuck Yeager, the test...
- Philip Kaufman
Details. Latest Stories. The Right Stuff is a historical drama directed by Philip Kaufman. The film centers on a group of astronauts who are recruited for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first human spaceflight. The Right Stuff won four Oscars at the 1984 Academy Awards and was based on the novel of the same name written by Tom Wolfe.
3h 13m. RATING. PG. CAST. Charles Frank,Scott Glenn,Ed Harris,Lance Henriksen,Scott Paulin,Dennis Quaid,Sam Shepard,Fred Ward,Kim Stanley,Barbara Hershey,Veronica Cartwright,Pamela Reed. SYNOPSIS. In 1947, when the future began somewhere in the middle of the California desert, a pilot flies faster than the speed of sound... Flying higher ...
