The Right Stuff

How the future began.

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.

Drama History Adventure

Sam Shepard

(Chuck Yeager)

Scott Glenn

(Alan Shepard)

Ed Harris

(John Glenn)

Dennis Quaid

(Gordon Cooper)

Fred Ward

(Gus Grissom)

Barbara Hershey

(Glennis Yeager)

Kim Stanley

(Pancho Barnes)

Veronica Cartwright

(Betty Grissom)

Pamela Reed

(Trudy Cooper)

Scott Paulin

(Deke Slayton)

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

(Marge Slayton)

Susan Kase

(Rene Carpenter)

Mittie Smith

(Jo Schirra)

Royal Dano

(Minister)

David Clennon

(Liaison Man)

Jim Haynie

(Air Force Major)

Jeff Goldblum

(NASA Recruiter)

Harry Shearer

(NASA Recruiter)

Scott Beach

(Chief Scientist)

Jane Dornacker

(Nurse Murch)

Anthony Munoz

(Gonzales)

John P. Ryan

(Head of Program)

Darryl Henriques

(Life Reporter)

Eric Sevareid

(Himself)

William Russ

(Slick Goodlin)

Drew Letchworth

(The Permanent Press Corps)

Christopher P. Beale

(The Permanent Press Corps)

Richard Dupell

(The Permanent Press Corps)

William Hall

(The Permanent Press Corps)

John X. Heart

(The Permanent Press Corps)

Ed Holmes

(The Permanent Press Corps)

Jack Bruno Tate

(The Permanent Press Corps)

Edward Anhalt

(Grand Designer)

Mary Apick

(Woman Reporter)

Robert Beer

(Dwight D. Eisenhower)

Erik Bergmann

(Eddie Hodges)

James Brady

(Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson)

Katherine Conklin

(Woman TV Reporter)

Maureen Coyne

(Waitress)

Tom Dahlgren

(Bell Aircraft Executive)

John Lion

(Bell Aircraft Executive)

Peggy Davis

(Sally Rand)

John Dehner

(Henry Luce)

Robert Elross

(Review Board President)

Drew Eshelman

(Assistant Scientist)

Robert J. Geary

(Game Show M.C.)

Royce Grones

(1st X-1 Pilot)

David Gulpilil

(Aborigine)

Anthony Wallis

(Australian Driver)

Kaaren Lee

(Young Widow)

Sandy Kronemeyer

(Cocoa Beach Girl)

Frankie Di

(Cocoa Beach Girl)

Michael Pritchard

(Texan)

Ed Corbett

(Texan)

O-Lan Jones

(Girl at Pancho's)

Mark Todd

(Astronaut Trainee)

Allen Gebhardt

(Astronaut Trainee)

Chuck Yeager

(Fred)

Mimi Sarkisian

(New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited))